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ABCD is a rhombus. Length of the diagonal BD is half the length of AB. The perimeter of rhombus ABCD is 80 cm. Find the length of BO.

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5 cm
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10 cm
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15 cm
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20 cm
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Solution

The correct option is A 5 cm
ABCD is a rhombus.

Perimeter of the rhombus is 80 cm.
If, length of one side of the rhombus is a, then,
a+ a+ a+ a = 80
4a = 80
a =804 = 20
Length of a side of rhombus = 20 cm.

Then, AB = 20 cm.
BD = 12 AB
BD = 12 × 20 = 10
BD = 10 cm.

Since, BD is the diagonal, and the diagonals of a rhombus are perpendicular bisectors, BO = OD

BD = BO +OD = BO + BO
BD = 2 BO
10 = 2 BO
BO =102 = 5 cm.

The length of BO is 5 cm.

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