A kite has adjacent sides measuring 7 cm and 9 cm. What is the perimeter of the kite?

A kite is a quadrilateral where two pairs of equal-length sides are adjacent to each other. This means if one pair of adjacent sides has lengths $a$ and $b$, then the other pair of adjacent sides will also have lengths $a$ and $b$. Therefore, a kite has two sides of length $a$ and two sides of length $b$.

The adjacent sides are given as $7 \text{ cm}$ and $9 \text{ cm}$.
So, we have two sides of length $7 \text{ cm}$ and two sides of length $9 \text{ cm}$.

The perimeter of a polygon is the sum of the lengths of all its sides.

The perimeter of the kite is $\text{32 cm}$.