What happens to the area of a kite if you double the length of one of the diagonals? Also what happens if you double the length of both diagonals?
1 Answer
The area of a kite is given by
Where
Let us see what happens with the area in the two conditions.
Let
Let us double the diagonal
Let the new area be denoted by
We can see that the new area
Let
Let us double the diagonals
Let the new area be denoted by
We can see that the new area