Question

A kite has a height of 36 inches and a width of 30 inches. Explain how to use the area formula for a triangle to find the area of the kite.

Answer 1

Height of the kite is = 36 inches.

Width of the kite is = 30 inches

One of the ways to find the area is to draw a vertical line to break the kite into two equal triangles. Mark the base as 36 inches and height as 15 inches .

Now we will use the formula $area=\frac{1}{2}*base*height$ to find the area of each triangle. Then we will add both the areas to find the area of the kite.

Area of 1 triangle = $\frac{1}{2}*36*15$ = 270 square inches

Area of the 2nd triangle is also = 270 square inches

Hence, area of the kite = 270+270 = 540 square inches

Answer 2

Answer:Draw a vertical line to break the kite into two equal triangles with a base of 36 and a height of 15. Use the formula A = 1

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bh to find the area of each. The sum of the areas is the area of the kite.

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