Rhombus

Geometry Level 3

Find the area of a rhombus whose side length is 68 units and difference between the length of diagonals is 56 units.


The answer is 3840.

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2 solutions

Area of a rhombus = (side)^2 - (difference of diagonals)^2/4

Relevant wiki: Pythagorean Theorem

Let a a be the longer diagonal and b b be the shorter diagonal. Using pythagorean theorem, we have

6 8 2 = ( b 2 ) 2 + ( a 2 ) 2 68^2=\left(\dfrac{b}{2}\right)^2+\left(\dfrac{a}{2}\right)^2

However, a = b + 56 a=b+56 ,

4624 = b 2 4 + ( b + 56 2 ) 2 4624=\dfrac{b^2}{4}+\left(\dfrac{b+56}{2}\right)^2

4624 = b 2 4 + b 2 + 112 b + 3136 4 4624=\dfrac{b^2}{4}+\dfrac{b^2+112b+3136}{4}

18496 = 2 b 2 + 112 b + 3136 18496=2b^2+112b+3136

2 b 2 + 112 b 15360 = 0 2b^2+112b-15360=0

b 2 + 56 b 7680 = 0 b^2+56b-7680=0

( b + 120 ) ( b 64 ) = 0 (b+120)(b-64)=0

b = 120 b=-120 or b = 64 b=64 (reject the negative value)

It follows that a = 64 + 56 = 120 a=64+56=120 .

A = 1 2 a b = 1 2 ( 64 ) ( 120 ) = A=\dfrac{1}{2}ab=\dfrac{1}{2}(64)(120)= 3840 \boxed{3840}

Note:

The area of a rhombus is half the product of the diagonals.

We don't have to solve the quadratic.

We have a = b + 6 or a b = 6 a=b+6 \text{ or } a -b =6 And a 2 + b 2 = 6 8 2 . 4 2 a^2 + b^2= 68^2 .4^2 We need the product a b ab , since the area of a rhombus = 1 2 a b \frac{1}{2}ab . Simply square the ( a b ) (a-b) equation. Then in that use a 2 + b 2 a^2 + b^2 from above. That will give you a b ab . And hence the area can be computed too.

AK GH - 1 year, 7 months ago

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