The area of a kite is 116.25 square feet. One diagonal measures 18.6 feet. What is the measure of the other diagonal?

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Answer 1 · 2016-01-04T22:29:24

#"12.5 ft"#

The area of a kite can be found through the equation

#A=(d_1d_2)/2#

when #d_1,d_2# are the kite's diagonals.

Thus, we can create the equation

#116.25=(18.6xxd_2)/2#

And solve for the unknown diagonal by multiplying both sides by #2/18.6#.

#12.5=d_2#