Calculate the Area of a Deltoid with Height 7 and Width 4 Units

Question

Look at the deltoid in the figure:

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What is its area?

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 Find the area of the kite
00:03 We'll use the formula to calculate the kite's area
00:08 (diagonal times diagonal) divided by 2
00:13 Let's solve to find the area
00:19 And this is the solution to the question

Step-by-Step Solution

Let's begin by reminding ourselves of the formula for the area of a kite

Diagonal1×Diagonal22 \frac{Diagonal1\times Diagonal2}{2}

Both these values are given to us in the figure thus we can insert them directly into the formula:

(4*7)/2

28/2

14

Answer

14