In a regular rhombus A B C D , A C + B D = 3 4 . A B = 1 3 . Find area.
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In a regular rhombus all sides are the same length. The diagonals of any rhombus are perpendicular. 9 0 º ) and same length sides, we see that 4 right triangles with hypotenuse 13 are inscribed. Lets name each cathetus a and b , then a = b because if they were equal, our rhombus would be a square. a = b , a 2 + b 2 = 1 3 2 = > a 2 + b 2 = 1 6 9 The only positive values that can be a and b are a = 5 or 1 2 and b = 5 or 1 2 We know 2 a = A C and 2 b = D B The area of a rhombus can be obtained by the product of its diagonals divided by two. Thus, A C ∗ D C ∗ 1 / 2 = 1 2 0 ∴ A r e a = 1 2 0
By having perpendicular diagonals (You should not be making the assumption that a and b are integers. There are many more positive solutions to a 2 + b 2 = 1 6 9 , like a = 1 0 , b = 6 9 .
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