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The diagonals of a rhombus are 12in.and 16in long.The length of a side of the rhombus in 10in.What is the height of the rhombus?Explain how you found your answer?

User Santosh S
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Area of rhombus = d1 × d2
= 12 × 16 = 192

Area of rhombus is also b × h

Assuming the side as base,
192 = b × h

192 = 10 × h

h = 192/10 = 19.2 in
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