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The area of rhombus ABCD is 72 square units. EC = 8 units and DB = x – 1.

What is the value of x?

9
10
14
16

User RajVimalC
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Answer:

10

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User Filip Szczepanski
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Area of Rhombus = 1/2 × Product of Diagonals
→ 72 = 1/2×16×(x-1)
→144= 16 (x-1)
Dividing both sides by 16,we get
→ x-1=9
→ x=9+1
→ x=10 units
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