Perimeter of rhombus

Geometry Level 3

The given figure shows a rhombus A B C D ABCD such that B = 6 0 \angle B = 60^\circ . What is the perimeter of A B C D ABCD if its area is 800 3 cm 2 800\sqrt3 \text{ cm}^2 .


The answer is 160.

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2 solutions

Let x x be the side length of the rhombus. The area is given by x 2 sin θ x^2 \sin \theta where θ \theta is the included angle. So we have

800 3 = x 2 sin 60 800\sqrt{3}=x^2 \sin~60

800 3 = x 2 ( 3 2 ) 800\sqrt{3}=x^2\left(\dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\right)

1600 = x 2 1600=x^2

x = 40 x=40

Thus, the desired perimeter is 4 × 40 = 160 c m 4\times 40=\boxed{160~cm}

Harsh Khatri
Feb 9, 2016

We look at A B \displaystyle AB and B C \displaystyle BC not as mere sides of a rhombus but as vectors.

A r e a ( A B C D ) = B A × B C Area(\Box ABCD) = | \vec{BA} \times \vec{BC} |

800 3 = B A B C sin ( 6 0 ) \displaystyle \Rightarrow 800 \sqrt3 = |\vec{BA} |\cdot |\vec{BC} |\cdot \sin( 60^{\circ})

But B A = B C \displaystyle |\vec{BA} | = |\vec{BC} | since, sides of a rhombus are equal. Substituting this, we get:

B A = 40 \displaystyle \Rightarrow |\vec{BA} | = 40

P e r i m e t e r = 4 × B A = 160 \displaystyle Perimeter = 4 \times |\vec{BA} | = \boxed{160 }

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