Explanation:
If you take the sides you already have, 2, 7, 4, and 3, and add them together, you get 16. Lets take the portion of the perimeter you already have, and lets say this figure is a rectangle.
Divide 16 by 2 to give two sides of the rectangle a portion of the perimeter.
Since the area of a rectangle is width times height, lets create a formula:
8x = 44, 44 being the area, and 8x being the width times the variable of the height.
You get 5.5. for the height of the rectangle.
Add 8+8 to 5.5+5.5
you get 27