Question

Part B: Melissa designed the kite shown and would like to know the minimum amount of fabric needed to cover the kite. Each unit is 1 inch,

48 in

69 in

286 in

572 in?

Answer 1

Answer: 69

Explanation:

Answer 2

69.4 inches

Explanation:

A kite is a quadrilateral (has four sides and four angles) with two pairs of congruent adjacent sides. The diagonals of a kite are perpendicular to each other.

To prove that quadrilateral ADBC is a kite, the diagonals of the kite have to be perpendicular to each other.

AD ⊥ BC.

Since adjacent sides are equal to each other, hence:

BC = BD, AC = AD

The coordinate of the vertices are A(11, 0), B(11, 26), C(0, 18) and D(22, 18)

`BC=√((0-11)^2+(18-26)^2) =13.6\ unit\\\\AC=√((0-11)^2+(18-0)^2) =21.1\ unit`

BC = BD, AC = AD

Perimeter of kite = BC + BD + AC + AD = 2BC + 2AC = 2(13.6) + 2(21.1) = 69.4 units = 69.4 inches