Quadrilaterals:

Kites
Sec. 4.2:
 Objectives:

Use properties of kites to solve problems.

Vocabulary:

Kites
 Quadrilaterals

Parallelograms Trapezoids Kites

Isosceles
Trapezoid

Rectangles Rhombuses

Squares
The
•TheKite (1/6)
next type of quadrilateral we consider is known as a kite, a
quadrilateral that gets its name from the child’s toy pictured below.
In the construction of the kite, there are two pairs of congruent
adjacent sides. See Figure 4.14(a).

•Figure 4.14(a)
The Kite (2/6)
•Definition
•A kite is a quadrilateral with two distinct pairs of congruent adjacent
sides.

•The word distinct is used in the definition of kite to clarify that the kite
does not have four congruent sides.
Properties of Kites:
◼ diagonals are ⊥
Properties of Kites:
◼ one pair of opposite angles are 
C

B D

<A  <C, <B  <D

Example 1: Find m<A and m<C

C m<A = ____

B 80° 50° D
m<C = ____
A
Example 2: ABCD is a kite. Find m<B, m<C, and m<C

B X + 30° X° D m<B = ____

125°
A m<C = ____

m<D = ____
Example 2: ABCD is a kite. Find the side lengths.

12
12 20
B D
12

AB = ____, BC = ____, CD = _____ , AD = ______

 Quadrilaterals

Parallelograms Trapezoids Kites

◼ both pairs of opposite sides are parallel
◼ one pair diagonals are ⊥

◼
◼ both pairs of opposite sides are of parallel
◼ one pair of opposite
sides
both pairs of opposite angles are 
angles are 
◼ Isosceles
◼ the diagonals bisect each other Trapezoid
◼ one pair of opposite sides are congruent
◼ Each pair of base
and parallel angles is 
◼ one angle is supplementary to both
◼ Diagonals are 
consecutive angles

Rectangles Rhombuses
diagonals are ⊥
◼ diagonals are  ◼

◼ each diagonal bisects a pair

of opposite angles

Squares
Homework:

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