also what happens if you double the length of both diagonals?
2007-02-22 11:43:26 · 3 answers · asked by ♥UK babay! 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
It does grow larger. If it's a classic diamond-shaped kite, you break it into smaller problems, solve those, and add the results of those calculations. The area of a right triangle is 1/2 the rise multiplied by the run. The area of an isosceles triangle (half of a diamond-shaped kite is an isosceles triangle if you cut it along the spines) is also 1/2 the rise multiplied by the run, but you have to do some more math to find the rise. Anyway, when you double the length of the run of any of those triangular subsets of a diamond-shaped kite, you are doubling an input to a simple factor, which will precisely double the output.
I've purposely been obtuse in this answer so that you would feel acute pain and conclude that the right thing to do is to do your homework yourself.
2007-02-22 11:56:13 · answer #1 · answered by nanotrader 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Area Of A Kite
2016-09-30 03:57:42 · answer #2 · answered by bugenhagen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A = 1/2 product of diagonals
Double one diagonal and area doubles.
Double both, and area is multiplied by 4.
2007-02-22 11:48:47 · answer #3 · answered by richardwptljc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋