SOLUTION: I want to see how you derived the formula for calculating areab of a kite

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Question 1031786: I want to see how you derived the formula for calculating areab of a kite
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I want to see how you derived the formula for calculating area of a kite
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The diagonals divide a kite in four right-angled triangles.

One of the two diagonals divide a kite in two isosceles triangles.

(These are almost direct and immediate consequences of a kite definition).

Let us consider that diagonal. Let d%5B1%5D be its length.

The area of one isosceles triangle is %281%2F2%29%2Ad%5B1%5D%2Ah%5B1%5D, where h%5B1%5D is its height.

The area of the second isosceles triangle is %281%2F2%29%2Ad%5B1%5D%2Ah%5B2%5D, where h%5B2%5D is the height of the second isosceles triangle.

The area of the kite is the sum of these expression, and the sum is equal to %281%2F2%29%2Ad%5B1%5D%2Ad%5B2%5D,

where d%5B2%5D is the second diagonal's length.

So, the final formula is S = %281%2F2%29%2Ad%5B1%5D%2Ad%5B2%5D, where the diagonal lengths participate.