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Find the area of the polygon. Bellwork

480 units2 480 units2

4. Find the area of a triangle 
with side lengths 13 inches, 
13 inches, and 10 inches.

60 in.2
13

13
2
414.0 units 5
10

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11.2 Area of Trapezoids, Rhombuses & Kites March 08, 2011

11.2 Areas of Trapezoids, Rhombuses and Kites

Objectives:
1. Apply area formulas of triangles, trapezoids, & kites to solve problems.

Formula for the area of a:

Rhombus: A =1/2d1d2

d1

d2

12mm
9mm

9mm
12mm

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11.2 Area of Trapezoids, Rhombuses & Kites March 08, 2011

Trapezoid:
A =1/2h(b1 + b2)

Area = _____
10m
5m 7m

17m

Kites (which would apply to any rhombus):

To find the area of a kite, identify and label the diagonals as d1 and d2.
Then plug into the formula: A = 1/2d1d2

Area = _____

13cm

8cm

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11.2 Area of Trapezoids, Rhombuses & Kites March 08, 2011

Find the missing measurements.

Trapezoid NOPQ has an area of 250 square inches.

Find the height of NOPQ.

N 20 in
O

Q 30 in P

Rhombus RSTU has an area of 675 square meters.

Find SU.
R S
15m

15m

U T

Find the area of the quadrilateral.

F
G
9 in

18 in

I H
FH = 37 in

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