Question

An artist is designing a kite like the one show below. Calculate the area to determine how much material she will need to create the kite.

A kite with two top triangles with height of 5 inches and a base 7.5 inches. The bottom two triangles share the base but have a height labeled 14 inches.

142.5 square inches
105 square inches
37.5 square inches
34 square inches @confluxepic @lalithavasanth

Answer 1

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Answer 2

From fig,we can say that lower and upper two triangles are of equal area....so,area of one lower triangle is (7.5)(5) / 2 = 105/2.....since,area=(base x height) / 2.....but there r 2 upper triangles...so,double the area of lower triangle = 2(105)/2= 105.....similarly,we get area of two upper triangles = 37.5.total area = 105 + 37.5 = 142.5

Answer 3

but there r 2 lower triangles*

Answer 4

thank u SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH! @lalithavasanth