Deltoid Area Calculation: Using 4cm and 5cm Diagonals

Question

Given the deltoid ABCD

The diagonal DB equals 5 cm

The diagonal AD equals 4 cm

Is it possible to calculate the area of the deltoid? If so, what is it?

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Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 Can we calculate the area of the rhombus? And if so, what is it?
00:03 We will use the formula for calculating the area of a rhombus
00:09 (diagonal multiplied by diagonal) divided by 2
00:19 We only know one diagonal
00:30 Therefore, we have no way to calculate the area of the rhombus
00:37 And this is the solution to the question

Step-by-Step Solution

To determine whether we can calculate the area of the deltoid ABCD, we initially examine information about its diagonals. The area formula for a kite, i.e., A=12×d1×d2 A = \frac{1}{2} \times d_1 \times d_2 , where d1 d_1 and d2 d_2 are the two diagonals intersecting at right angles, cannot be straightforwardly applied here. Without assurance of these diagonals being perpendicular, and since no side lengths or further diagonal intersection properties (like angles) are given, we lack the prerequisite conditions or known properties to substantiate an area calculation. Furthermore, only possessing the lengths of DB=5cm DB = 5 \, \text{cm} and AD=4cm AD = 4 \, \text{cm} restricts our approach.

Therefore, given we cannot sufficiently confirm all necessary conditions, it is not possible to determine the area of the deltoid from the provided data alone.

Answer

It is not possible to