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(05.02)An artist is designing a kite like the one show below. Calculate the area to determine how much material she will need to create the kite.

A kite with two top triangles with height of 5 inches and a base 7.5 inches. The bottom two triangles share the base but have a height labeled 14 inches.
142.5 square inches
105 square inches
37.5 square inches
34 square inches

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Answer:

(A) 142.5 square inches

Explanation:

It is given that A kite with two top triangles with height of 5 inches and a base 7.5 inches. The bottom two triangles share the base but have a height labeled 14 inches that is:

DE=5in, EC=7.5in, EB=14in

Now, area of the two top triangles of the kite=
2((1)/(2){*}EC{*}DE)

=
EC{*}DE

=
7.5{*}5

=
37.5 square inches

Also, area of the two bottom triangles of the given kite=
2((1)/(2){*}EC{*}EB)

=
EC{*}EB

=
7.5{*}14

=
105 square inches

Therefore, the total area of the kite=area of the two top triangles of the kite+area of the two bottom triangles of the given kite

=37.5+105

=142.5 square inches.

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