Molly finds two sticks and wants to build a kite for her little brother. The sticks are 16 inches and 22 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.

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anonymous · Answer

Area of a kite= (1/2)(diagonal1)(diagonal2) therefore (1/2)(16)(22)=Area

Area=176 square inches of fabric.

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

Assuming the sticks will be perpendicular to one another, approximate the height by the area of a triangle with the base one diagonal, and the length the other.  Since the kite can be broken down into two triangles, this approximation will hold regardless of where on the sticks the two intersect, as long as they are perpendicular to one another.  Of course, if they are not perpendicular, we could get by with much less fabric.