Area of a Kite

[dry lava]

would i just times that by two after dividing the kite into two seperate right angle triangles?

or did i mess up doing the right angle triangles..

[fallen ivy]

i feel information is insufficient

if nothing is given about the angle/diagonals of kite then idts u can compute area

[dry lava]

its okay it works

[sick wolf]

if the kite is symmetrical (i.e., the angle a is the same on both sides), you can divide the kite into two triangles, then use law of cosines to get the length of the line that divides the triangles, then you can find the area with the length of all three sides of a triangle, and then double it

[dry lava]

i should know what law of cosines mean but i dont 💔

[fallen ivy]

but don’t u need to know angle to use cosine?

[dry lava]

oh i do know law of cosines

[sick wolf]

the angle a is labeled there, if the kite is symmetrical, then the same angle a would be between the sides with length 2.75 and 4.7

[fallen ivy]

hmm so u’ll get answer in terms of a, okay cool

[dry lava]

OHH NO LOL I PUT A BC I PUT A LETTER FOR EACH SHAPE

dont worry 😭

[sick wolf]

oh lol

then there isn't enough information to find the area

[dry lava]

this is solved

how do i stop it

from sagying unsovled

[full merlin]

.solved