Question

Find the area of the polygon in square units. My 4 2 2 2 4 6 8 The area is square units.

Answer 1

Step 1

Draw the graph.

Each line is one unit.

Step 2

Identify the figure and find its area.

The figure is a kite with lengths of diagonals 4 and 7 units.

`\begin{gathered} \text{Area of a kite = }\frac{Product\text{ of lengths of diagonals}}{2} \\ =\text{ }\frac{4\text{ x 7}}{2} \\ =\text{ }(28)/(2) \\ =\text{ 14} \end{gathered}`