The area of a kite is found in the same way as a rhombus, that is by splitting it into two triangles.

Depicted above is a rhombus, a large circle and a small circle ... Jeff Smith is a former Math teacher and a retired US Navy Lieutenant Commander. Reach him at [email protected].

The opposite sides are parallel. The diagonals bisect each other. A rhombus has four sides of equal lengths. It has two pairs of equal angles. It has two pairs of equal exterior angles.