# High School Math : How to find the area of a kite

## Example Questions

### Example Question #1 : Quadrilaterals

What is the area of a kite with diagonals of 5 and 7?

Explanation:

To find the area of a kite using diagonals you use the following equation

That diagonals ( and )are the lines created by connecting the two sides opposite of each other.

Plug in the diagonals for  and  to get

Then multiply and divide to get the area.

### Example Question #152 : Plane Geometry

Find the area of the following kite:

Explanation:

The formula for the area of a kite is:

Where  is the length of one diagonal and  is the length of the other diagonal

Plugging in our values, we get:

### Example Question #153 : Plane Geometry

Find the area of the following kite:

Explanation:

The formula for the area of a kite is:

where  is the length of one diagonal and  is the length of another diagonal.

Use the formulas for a  triangle and a  triangle to find the lengths of the diagonals. The formula for a  triangle is  and the formula for a  triangle is .

Our  triangle is:

Our  triangle is:

Plugging in our values, we get: