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The Area of a Kite The area of a kite is ½ the product of its diagonals. Area of rectangle = 4 +4 Area of kite = ½ area of rectangle. height Area of kite = ½ base x height = ½ the product of the diagonals. base The Area of a Kite Find the area of the kites below. 1 7 cm 2 8 cm 11 cm 14 cm 11 cm 12 cm Area = ½ x 16 x 18 Area = ½ x 24 x 25 = 144 cm2 = 300 cm2