Answer:
6.75
Explanation:
The shaded area amounts to two congruent equilateral triangles. Each has a side length of 2(1 in)cos(30°) = √3 in.
The height of an equilateral triangle with side length √3 is ...
height = (√3 in)sin(60°) = 3/2 in
Then the area of the two equilateral triangles is ...
A = bh = (√3 in)(3/2 in) = 3√3/2 in^2
The square of the numerical value of the area is ...
A^2 = ((3/2)(√3))^2 = 27/4 = 6.75
The square of the shaded area is 6.75.