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An earring has the shape of a rhombus. The height is 5.2 mm and the

area of the earring is 39 mm2. What is the length of each side of
the earring?

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Answer:

7.5 mm

Explanation:

As with any parallelogram, the area of a rhombus is given by ...

A = bh

Using the given values, we find ...

39 mm² = b(5.2 mm)

b = (39 mm²)/(5.2 mm) = 7.5 mm

The length of each side is 7.5 mm.

An earring has the shape of a rhombus. The height is 5.2 mm and the area of the earring-example-1
User Palash Bansal
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Answer:

Solution given:

height=5.2mm

Area of rhombus=39mm²

we have

Area of rhombus=base*height

39=5.2×base

base=39/5.2

base=7.5mm

the length of each side of

the length of each side ofthe earring is 7.5mm.

User Miyamoto
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