Question

Molly finds two sticks and wants to build a kite for her little brother. The sticks are 12 inches and 24 inches long, and she plans on using them as the diagonals of the kite. Molly will need a minimum of _____ square inches of fabric to make the kite.

Answer 1

Half of the rectangle spelled out by the diagonals.

Answer 2

So whats the answer?

Answer 3

@dumbcow

Answer 4

Can you find the area of a rectangle?

Answer 5

yes base * height

Answer 6

288 is the answer. Then what?

Answer 7

?

Answer 8

@Valpey hello?

Answer 9

half of that.

Answer 10

ok so 144 is the answer?

Answer 11

Yeah. Do you see how each of the parts of the large rectangle are cut in half?

Answer 12

yes