SOLUTION: find the area of the following figure. (geometry) 10th grade a picture of a kite with 7.5 cm on center line from top to bottom then 4.5 cm side to side thru the middle

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Question 447357: find the area of the following figure. (geometry) 10th grade
a picture of a kite with 7.5 cm on center line from top to bottom then 4.5 cm side
to side thru the middle

Found 2 solutions by sudhanshu_kmr, richard1234:
Answer by sudhanshu_kmr(1152) (Show Source):
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area of kite = 1/2 * 7.5* 4.5
= 16.875 sq. cm

Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source):
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Assume the horizontal line has length 4.5 and the vertical line has length 7.5.

The kite can be broken into two triangles, each with base 4.5 and a different height. However, we know the sum of the heights is 7.5, so if we let b and 7.5-b be the heights, then