Find the area of a rhombus whose side length is 68 units and difference between the length of diagonals is 56 units.
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Relevant wiki: Pythagorean Theorem
Let
a
be the longer diagonal and
b
be the shorter diagonal. Using pythagorean theorem, we have
6 8 2 = ( 2 b ) 2 + ( 2 a ) 2
However, a = b + 5 6 ,
4 6 2 4 = 4 b 2 + ( 2 b + 5 6 ) 2
4 6 2 4 = 4 b 2 + 4 b 2 + 1 1 2 b + 3 1 3 6
1 8 4 9 6 = 2 b 2 + 1 1 2 b + 3 1 3 6
2 b 2 + 1 1 2 b − 1 5 3 6 0 = 0
b 2 + 5 6 b − 7 6 8 0 = 0
( b + 1 2 0 ) ( b − 6 4 ) = 0
b = − 1 2 0 or b = 6 4 (reject the negative value)
It follows that a = 6 4 + 5 6 = 1 2 0 .
A = 2 1 a b = 2 1 ( 6 4 ) ( 1 2 0 ) = 3 8 4 0
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 And a 2 + b 2 = 6 8 2 . 4 2 We need the product a b , since the area of a rhombus = 2 1 a b . Simply square the ( a − b ) equation. Then in that use a 2 + b 2 from above. That will give you a b . And hence the area can be computed too.
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Area of a rhombus = (side)^2 - (difference of diagonals)^2/4