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Areas of Kites and Related Figures - Lesson 11-4
Today we discussed how to find the area of a kite. We started with this one:
![Kite Area Derivation - Step 1](KiteAreaDerivationStep1.gif)
Now, if you break the kite up into four triangles and rearrange them in a particular way, you get a rectangle. From there, you should be able to see how we get to a formula for the area.
![Kite Area Derivation - Step 2](KiteAreaDerivationStep2.gif)
Note that red reminder!!
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