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A kite is a figure that has two pairs of congruent sides. A parallelogram also has two paris of congruent sides, but the congruent sides are opposite each other. In a kite, however, the congruent sides are adjacent to each other.

Kite Parallelogram

How do we find the area of a kite?

 

 


 

Self-Check


Question 1

Find the area of this kite.

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Question 2

Find the area of this kite.

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Question 3

Find the area of this kite.

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