CK12 - Geometry

Kite Rhombus

Congruentsides Pairs All

Oppositeanglescongruent Pair yes. Pair maybe Both pairsyes

Perpendiculardiagonals Yes Yes

Diagonalsbisected Yes. maybe Both yes

Now you’rereadyto developarea formulas.We’ll followthe command:“Frameit in a rectangle.”Here’s how
you can framea rhombusin a rectangle.

Noticethat:

Thebaseandheightof therectangleare the sameas the lengthsof the twodiagonalsof the

rhombus.

The rectangleis dividedinto congruenttriangles; of the trianglesfill the rhombus,so the area of

the rhombusis one-halfthe area of the rectangle.

Areaof a Rhombuswith Diagonals and

We can go right aheadwith the kite. We’ll followthe samecommandagain:“Frameit in a rectangle.”Here’s
how you can framea kite in a rectangle.