Inside a large quadrilateral, 10 small congruent squares, each with a side length of 1 cm, are placed as shown below. Determine the area of the large quadrilateral in square centimeters.
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usepackage("tikz");
label(" \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=.7]
\fill[white] (1,-1)--(4.5,2.5)--(1,6)--(-2.5,2.5)--cycle;
\draw[thick] (1,-1)--(4.5,2.5)--(1,6)--(-2.5,2.5)--cycle;
\fill[gray!80] (0,0) rectangle (1,1);
\fill[gray!80] (1,0) rectangle (2,1);
\fill[gray!80] (-1,1) rectangle (0,2);
\fill[gray!80] (-2,2) rectangle (-1,3);
\fill[gray!80] (2,1) rectangle (3,2);
\fill[gray!80] (3,2) rectangle (4,3);
\fill[gray!80] (-1,3) rectangle (0,4);
\fill[gray!80] (2,3) rectangle (3,4);
\fill[gray!80] (0,4) rectangle (1,5);
\fill[gray!80] (1,4) rectangle (2,5);
%==
\draw[thick] (0,0) rectangle (1,1);
\draw[thick] (1,0) rectangle (2,1);
\draw[thick] (-1,1) rectangle (0,2);
\draw[thick] (-2,2) rectangle (-1,3);
\draw[thick] (2,1) rectangle (3,2);
\draw[thick] (3,2) rectangle (4,3);
\draw[thick] (-1,3) rectangle (0,4);
\draw[thick] (2,3) rectangle (3,4);
\draw[thick] (0,4) rectangle (1,5);
\draw[thick] (1,4) rectangle (2,5);
\end{tikzpicture}");
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