How to find the area of a rhombus
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1
Find the area of a rhombus if the diagonals lengths are and
.
Explanation
Write the formula for the area of a rhombus:
Substitute the given lengths of the diagonals and solve:
2
Find the area of a rhombus if the diagonals lengths are and
.
Explanation
Write the formula for finding the area of a rhombus. Substitute the diagonals and evaluate.
3
A rhombus contains diagonals with the length and
. Find the area of the rhombus.
Explanation
The equation for the area of a rhombus is given by:
where and
are the two diagonal lengths.
This problem very quickly becomes one of the "plug and chug" type, where the given values just need to be substituted into the equation and the equation then solved. By plugging in the values given, we get:
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