find the area of the kite

Answer:
144ft^2
Step-by-step explanation:
since it's a kite, there are two pairs of congruent (exactly the same shape) triangles
bc of this you can find one triangle from each pair and double it
e.g.
[tex] \frac{6 \times 8}{2}=24[/tex]
[tex] \frac{12 \times 8}{2}= 48[/tex]
so you would do 2(24+48)=144