A kite has pair-wise equal adjacent sides and

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Problem

A kite has pair-wise equal adjacent sides

AB = AD = 10\,\text{cm}

and

BC = CD = 13\,\text{cm}

. The diagonal

AC

(joining the unequal vertices) is

12\,\text{cm}

long. Calculate the area of the kite.