Weird square

Geometry Level 2

In a regular rhombus A B C D ABCD , A C AC + + B D BD = = 34 34 . A B AB = = 13 13 . Find area.


The answer is 120.

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2 solutions

Ahmad Saad
Oct 27, 2016

Pablo Ruiz
Mar 16, 2016

In a regular rhombus all sides are the same length. The diagonals of any rhombus are perpendicular. By having perpendicular diagonals ( 90 º 90º ) and same length sides, we see that 4 right triangles with hypotenuse 13 are inscribed. Lets name each cathetus a a and b b , then a b a ≠ b because if they were equal, our rhombus would be a square. a b a ≠ b , a 2 + b 2 = 1 3 2 a^2 + b^2 = 13^2 = > => a 2 + b 2 = 169 a^2 + b^2 = 169 The only positive values that can be a a and b b are a = 5 a=5 or 12 12 and b = 5 b=5 or 12 12 We know 2 a = A C 2a = AC and 2 b = D B 2b=DB The area of a rhombus can be obtained by the product of its diagonals divided by two. Thus, A C D C 1 / 2 = 120 AC * DC *1/2 =120 A r e a = 120 Area = 120

Moderator note:

You should not be making the assumption that a a and b b are integers. There are many more positive solutions to a 2 + b 2 = 169 a^2 + b^2 = 169 , like a = 10 , b = 69 a = 10 , b = \sqrt{69} .

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