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A rhombus has sides of length 6cm. One of its diagonals is 10cm long. Find the length of the other diagonal

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Answer: The length of the other diagonal is approximately 5.83 cm (rounded to two decimal places).

Explanation:

Label the diagonals of the rhombus as d1 and d2. Since the diagonals of a rhombus intersect at a 90-degree angle, we can use the Pythagorean theorem to relate the diagonals and the side length:

d1^2 = (6/2)^2 + (d2/2)^2

d1^2 = 9 + (d2/2)^2

We also know that the length of one diagonal is 10cm:

d2 = 10

We can substitute this value into the equation for d1:

d1^2 = 9 + (10/2)^2

d1^2 = 9 + 25

d1^2 = 34

Taking the square root of both sides, we get:

d1 = sqrt(34)

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