Question

The area of the kite is 24 yd squared. What is the value of​ y? Explain.
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Part 1
The area of one
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triangle
rectangle
with a
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base
length
of
  
enter your response here yd and a
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height
width
of y yd is
  
enter your response here yd squared. ​So,
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6 y equals 24
6 y equals 12
8 y equals 24
4 y equals 12
12 y equals 12
and yequals
  
enter your response here.

Answer 1

A kite with total area 24 is made of two congruent triangles, so one triangle has area 12 yd². The triangle’s area = (1/2)(base)(height). With base = 8 yd and height = y yd: (1/2)(8)(y) = 4y. Set 4y = 12, so y = 3 yd.