1. 10.2 Areas of Trapezoids, Rhombuses, and Kites
Chapter 10: Area
10.2
Areas of Trapezoids, Rhombuses, and Kites

2. What do you know about a trapezoid?

3. Theorem 10.4 Area of a Trapezoid
The area of a trapezoid is half the product of the height and the sum of the bases.

4. Example 1
Find the area of the trapezoid:

5. Example 2
Find the area of PQRS:

6. What do you know about a Rhombus?

7. What do you know about a kite?

8. Theorem 10.5 Area of a Rhombus or a Kite
The area of a rhombus or a kite is half the product of the lengths of its diagonals.

9. Example 3
Find the area of kite KLMN

10. Example 4
Find the area of rhombus ABCD

11. Homework
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