Question

A kite has a height of 36 inches and a width of 30 inches. Explain how to use the area formula for a triangle to find the area of the kite. 34

Answer 1

Draw a vertical line to break the kite into two equal triangles with a base of 36 and a height of 15. Use the formula A = 1/2bh to find the area of each. The sum of the areas is the area of the kite.

Explanation:

Answer 2

You can view a kite as 4 triangles

Explanation:

A geometric kite can easily be viewed as 4 triangles. The formula to calculate the area of a kite (width x height)/2 is very similar to the one of a triangle (base x height)/2.

According to the formula to calculate the area of a kite, we would get:

(36 x 30)/2 = 540.

If we take the approach of using 4 triangles, we could imagine a shape formed by 4 triangles measuring 18 inches wide with a height of 15.

The area of each triangle would then be: (18 x 15)/2 = 135

If we multiply this 135 by 4... we get 540.