An artist is designing a kite like the one show below. Calculate the area to determine how much material she will need to create the kite. A kite with two top triangles with height of 7 inches and a base 9.5 inches. The bottom two triangles share the base but have a height labeled 12 inches.

The area of the two top triangles is
.. 2 * (1/2)*(9.5 in)*(7 in) = (9.5 in)*(7 in)

The area of the bottom two triangles is
.. 2 * (1/2)*(9.5 in)*(12 in) = (9.5 in)*(12 in)

Then the total area is
.. (9.5 in)*(7 in) +(9.5 in)*(12 in)
.. = (9.5 in)(7in +12 in)
.. = (9.5 in)(19 in)
.. = 180.5 in²