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    How do I find the perimeter of a rhombus?
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    Perimeter = sum of all sides. The rhombus has equal sides, so its perimeter = side x 4.
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    How can I find the height of a rhombus?
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    In a rhombus, the diagonals bisect and are perpendicular, meaning that inside the rhombus there are four right-angle triangles, with side lengths half that of the diagonals, use the pythagoran theorem to find the hypotenuses a² + b² = c² Now we have the base, given any of the angles inside the rhombus, we can find all of them because they are corresponding and all add up to 360 degrees, once we have all of the angles, another two identical triangles appear. we only have to use one of these as they are identical. Now we have the hypotenuse and an angle of this triangle so using trigonometry we can find the adjacent side which is the height of the rhombus.
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    How do I determine the perimeter given one diagonal and the area?
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    Use the Pythagorean theorem to find the sides and then find the perimeter.
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    How I can find the sides of a rhombus if its area is given 550 m and altitude is 55 cm?
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    Since the area equals the product of the base and the altitude (height), divide the area by the height to get the base (side).
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    How do I find interior angles if only diagonals are given?
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    For ANY shape, the formula for calculating the sum of the interior angles when the number of sides = "s" is: (s - 2) x 180 So, a triangle for example is 3 - 2 x 180 = 1 x 180 = 180. A quadrilateral is 4 - 2 x 180 = 2 x 180 = 360. A pentagon is 5 - 2 x 180 = 3 x 180 = 540, and so on.
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    How do I find the side of the rhombus if the diagonals are given?
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    If you have the diagonals, you can use the Pythagorean Theorem. Let's say d is the first diagonal and g is the second. The formula for one side is (square root of ((1/2d)^2+(1/2g)^2))).
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    How do I find the area of a rhombus if one side is 10 centimeters and the diagonal is 12?
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    Find the other side using Pythagoras theorem. Other diagonal=8*2=16 cm. Area of rhombus=1/2 *product of diagonals=1/2*16*12=96 sq.cm.
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    How can I find area of rhombus if the length of a diagonal and perimeter is given?
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    You can't find the area with the information you have. Either you need the length of each diagonal (which you don't have), or you need the base and the height. You have the base, but you don't have the height.
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    How do I calculate the area of a rhombus using the perimeter?
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    Cut the rhombus in half to get one diagonal, then you can use pythagoras (a² + b² = c²) to get the length of that diagonal. then cut it in half again and do the same for the other diagonal.
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    If the area of rhombus is 52 cm sq and its perimeter is 32 cm sq, how do I find its altitude?
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    Because a rhombus has four equal sides, divide the perimeter by 4 to get the length of the base, then divide that into the area to get the altitude.
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    In a rhombus, whose area is 169 sq cm, one of the diagonals is twice as long as the other. The lengths of its diagonals are what?
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    Let d be the length of the shorter diagonal. Then 2d is the length of the longer diagonal. The area is 169 = (d x 2d) / 2 = 2d² / 2 = d². Then d = √169 = 13. So the diagonals are 13 cm and 26 cm.
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    How do we find altitude if perimeter and area of rhombus are given?
    Donagan
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    Divide the perimeter by 4. That's the base. Divide the area by the base. That's the altitude.
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    How do I calculate the area of a parallelogram?
    Donagan
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    The area is the base multiplied by the height.
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    How do I find the lengths of both diagonals if all sides are given?
    Donagan
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    You would also have to know the interior angles.
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    The area and diagonal of a rhombus are 60 cm squared and 12 cm, respectively. How do I calculate the length of the other diagonal?
    Donagan
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    The area of a rhombus is half the product of its diagonals. Therefore, the length of one of the diagonals is equal to twice the area divided by the length of the other diagonal. Twice the area of this rhombus is 120 cm². Dividing 120 cm² by 12 cm results in the other diagonal being 10 cm long.
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    How do I find the area of a rhombus if one side is 10 centimeters?
    Donagan
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    You would also have to know the interior angles.
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    What is the formula for calculating the area of a quadrilateral?
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    See [[Find the Area of a Quadrilateral]].
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    How do I find the length of each diagonal if I know the area and the diagonals are the same?
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    As the area of rhombus is 1/2× product of diagonals, we can use transposing method, say, the area is 48cm so it will be 1/2× (x × y) = 48, (x × y )= 48 × 2 =96 and as you said that the diagonals are same that the answer would be under root 96, which is 9.797.
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    How do I find the angle of a rhombus if only the sides are given?
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    If it doesn't clarify that the sides are given and you have to find angle of rhombus, it totally depends on the figure. In this case, you can measure the angle of the given figure sides but not predict the angle by its sides without a reference figure.
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    How do I find length of a diagonal of a rhombus when I know the area and one of the diagonals?
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    Double the area, then divide by the length of the known diagonal.
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    If the perimeter of a rhombus is 104cm and one of its diagonals is 48cm, what is the area of the rhombus?
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    1). 104/4 = 26 (side of rhombus) 2). 48/2 =24 to use the Pythagoras theory 26²-24²=100 SQR(100)=10 3). 10x2 =20 (2nd diagonal). 3). (d1.d2)/2 => 20*48/2 = 480cm².
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    How do I find the perimeter of a rhombus?
    Donagan
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    Multiply the length of one side by 4.
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    How do I find the area of a rhombus given only the length of the sides?
    Donagan
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    You can't do it. You need more information, such as the height of the rhombus or the size of its angles.
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    If the height of a rhombus is 12 cm and the area is 180 cm², how can I find its perimeter?
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    Divide the area by the height: 180 cm² / 12 cm = 15 cm. That's the length of the base. Multiply the base by 4: (15 cm)(4) = 60 cm. That's the perimeter.
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    In a rhombus ABCD, if b+d= 160 degree, then what is a?
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    Because sides B and D are defined as being opposite and equal in length to each other in ABCD, angles b and d are opposite and equal to each other. Then ( b + d) = 2b = 2d = 160°, and b and d are each equal to 80°. The sum of all four interior angles of a rhombus is (2)(180°) = 360°. Subtract the sum of b and d from 360° to get 200°, which is the sum of the other two angles, a and c, which are equal to each other. So a + c = 2a = 2c = 200°. So a and c are each equal to 100°.
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    Find the area of a rhombus with side 6 cm and altitude 4 cm. Find its other diagonal if one is 8 cm.
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    Let d equal the unknown diagonal. The area is (side)(altitude) = (6 cm)(4 cm) = 24 sq cm. The area also equals one-half the product of the diagonals. So 24 = (8)(d) / 2 = 4d. Divide both sides by 4: d = 6 cm.
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