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One side of a parallelogram is 10in & the diagonal are 16in & 12in- price the parallelogram is a rhombus

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Half the diagonals are 8 in. and 6 in.
Together with the side of 10 in. the half-diagonals form a right triangle in the side length ratio of 3:4:5.
That means the diagonals are perpendicular.
A parallelogram with perpendicular diagonals is a rhombus.
Answer: The parallelogram is a rhombus.

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