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What is the area of the rhombus?

What is the area of the rhombus?-example-1

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Answer: 24 square units

Explanation: The diagonals are 4+4 = 8 and 3+3 = 6 units long. Multiply the diagonals to get 8*6 = 48. Then divide this in half to get 48/2 = 24.

An alternative is to find the area of one smallest triangle, and then multiply that by 4 to get the total area of the rhombus. You should find the area of one smallest triangle to be 0.5*base*height = 0.5*4*3 = 6, which quadruples to 24.

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