Question

7. A kite is made as shown alongside in which ABC is an equilateral
triangle with side 20 cm, BOC is an isosceles triangle with OB = OC = 26
cm and ODE is an isosceles triangle with base DE = 8 cm and height
6cm. Find the area of the whole kite.
B

Answer 1

Answer:

Area of shaded region = area quadrant + ar △ECF

=

360

0

θ

×πr

2

−

2

1

×CF×CE=

360

0

90

0

×

7

22

×42

2

+

2

1

×6×6

=1386+18=1404cm

2