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Area of a Kite Formula

A quadrilateral is a polygon which has 4 vertices and 4 sides enclosing 4 angles. Kite is a special quadrilateral in which each pair of the consecutive sides is congruent, but the opposite sides are not congruent. Rhombus is a kite with all the four sides congruent.Area of a Kite FormulaProperties of a Kite:

  • Angles between unequal sides are equal.
  • A kite can be viewed as a pair of congruent triangles with a common base.
  • Diagonals of a kite intersect each other at right angles.
  • The longer diagonal is the perpendicular bisector of the shorter diagonal.
  • A kite is symmetrical about its main diagonal.
  • The shorter diagonal divides the kite into two isosceles triangles.

Formula for Area of a Quadrilateral

The diagonals of a kite are perpendicular. Area of a kite is given as half of the product of the diagonals which is same as that of a rhombus. Area of a kite can be expressed by the formula:

  • Area of Kite =
    \(\begin{array}{l}\frac{1}{2}D_{1}D_{2}\end{array} \)

D1 = long diagonal of kite

D2 = short diagonal of kite

Derivation for Area of a Kite:

Consider the area of the following kite PQRS.

Here the diagonals are PR and QS

Let diagonal PR =a and diagonal QS = b

Diagonals of a kite cut one another at right angles as shown by diagonal PR bisecting diagonal QS.

OQ = OS =

\(\begin{array}{l} \frac{OS}{2}=\frac{b}{2}\end{array} \)

Area of the kite = Area of triangle PQR + Area of triangle PSR

Area of Triangle =

\(\begin{array}{l}\frac{1}{2}\;base \times height\end{array} \)

Here, base = a and height = OQ = OS= b/2

Area of triangle PQR =

\(\begin{array}{l}\frac{1}{2}\times a\times \frac{b}{2}\end{array} \)

Area of triangle PSR=

\(\begin{array}{l}\frac{1}{2}\times a\times \frac{b}{2}\end{array} \)

Area of the kite =

\(\begin{array}{l}\frac{1}{2}\times a\times \frac{b}{2}\end{array} \)
+
\(\begin{array}{l}\frac{1}{2}\times a\times \frac{b}{2}\end{array} \)

=

\(\begin{array}{l}\frac{ab}{4}+\frac{ab}{4}\end{array} \)

=

\(\begin{array}{l}\frac{2ab}{4}=\frac{1}{2}ab\end{array} \)

Hence,

Area of the kite =

\(\begin{array}{l}\frac{1}{2}PR*QS\end{array} \)
= Half of the product of the diagonals

Note:

  • If lengths of unequal sides are given, using Pythagoras theorem, the length of diagonals can be found. The area of a kite can be calculated by using the lengths of its diagonals.

Solved Examples:

Example 1: Find the area of kite whose long and short diagonals are 22 cm and 12cm respectively.

Solution: Given,

Length of longer diagonal, D1= 22 cm

Length of shorter diagonal, D2= 12 cm

Area of Kite =

\(\begin{array}{l}\frac{1}{2}D_{1}D_{2}\end{array} \)

Area of kite =

\(\begin{array}{l}\frac{1}{2}\end{array} \)
x 22 x 12 = 132
\(\begin{array}{l}cm^{2}\end{array} \)

Example 2: Area of a kite is 126 cm² and one of its diagonal is 21cm long. Find the length of the other diagonal.

Solution: Given,

Area of a kite =126 cm²

Length of one diagonal = 21 cm

Area of Kite =

\(\begin{array}{l}\frac{1}{2}D_{1}D_{2}\end{array} \)

\(\begin{array}{l}126 = \frac{1}{2}\times 21\times D_{2}\end{array} \)

D2 = 12cm

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