Question

What is the area of the rhombus shown below? AC=17 BD=15 AB=11.2 Answers: A. 255 square units B. 190.4 square units C. 16 square units D. 127.5 square units

Answer 1

D for sure

Explanation:

Answer 2

D. 127.5 square units

Explanation:

AC=17

BD=15

AB=11.5

Diagonal (1&2) are given, base of the rhombus is also given.

Height is not given

Area of a rhombus given the diagonals

=1/2×d1×d2

Where,

d1=AC=17

d2=BD=15

Area of a rhombus=1/2×d1×d2

=1/2×17*15

=1/2×255

=127.5

D. 127.5 square units