Bernice made a kite by putting 2 triangles together the base of each triangles is 9 inches The height of each triangles is 12 inches and the height of the other triangle is 16 inches What is the area of the kite?show your work.!!!
hint the area of a triangle is 1/2 bh
"The height of each triangles is 12 inches . . ."
Do you mean the height of ONE triangle is 12 inches?
The base and height of one triangle are 9 and 12 inches.
9 * 12 = 108
1/2 * 108 = 54 square inches
Now, do the same math for the other triangle and add the two together.
We'll be glad to check your answer.
yes sorry i did meen one triangle....
so will i take 9*16=? and then
1/2*?=? square inches
Right.
so heres my anser
9*16=144
1/2*144=72SQUARE INCHES
Yes. The second triangle's area is 72 square inches.
Now, add 54 and 72 to find the total area of the kite.
To find the area of the kite, we can break it down into two triangles and then add their areas together.
The first triangle has a base of 9 inches and a height of 12 inches. The formula to calculate the area of a triangle is:
Area = 0.5 * base * height
So, the area of the first triangle is:
Area of first triangle = 0.5 * 9 inches * 12 inches = 54 square inches
The second triangle has a base of 9 inches and a height of 16 inches. Using the same formula, the area of the second triangle is:
Area of second triangle = 0.5 * 9 inches * 16 inches = 72 square inches
Now, we can calculate the total area of the kite by adding the areas of the two triangles:
Total area of the kite = Area of first triangle + Area of second triangle
= 54 square inches + 72 square inches
= 126 square inches
Therefore, the area of the kite is 126 square inches.