What is the area of this new square constructed?

Question

Four identical pieces of wood of length 50 cm x 8 cm x 2 cm are arranged as shown in the figure. Another larger square is generated by rotating all the wooden panels along the outer edges and extending the outermost edges till they touch each other. What is the area of this new square constructed

Answer 1

If I google this question I find that the original arrangement had each piece resting on its 2"×50" edge so that the inner square is 50"×50" and the outer square is 54"×54". After the rotation and extension, the inner square will be 54"×54" and the outer square will be 70"×70". Thus the new inner-square area is 54×54 = 2916 sq. in.

Answer 2

As I see it the result has the pieces laying flat on the 8 inch side. Drawing a diagram there is the inner area of 50 by 50. The outer dimension is 66 by 66 (50 + 2(8)). When the gaps are filled (extended) the area is 4356. See diagram at https://brainly.in/question/47662253 with incorrect dimensions.