Each side of a rhombus is $15 c m$ . if the length of one of its diagonals is $14 c m$ , than what is the length of the other diagonal?

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Solution

By Pythagoras theorem,
$15^{2} = x^{2} + 7^{2}$
$x^{2} = 176$
$x = 13.26$ cm
$∴$ Length of diagonal $= 2 \times 13.26$
$= 26.52$ cm.

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Each side of a rhombus is 15cm. if the length of one of its diagonals is 14cm, than what is the length of the other diagonal?

By Pythagoras theorem,152=x2+72x2=176x=13.26cm∴ Length of diagonal=2×13.26=26.52cm.

Each side of a rhombus is $15 c m$ . if the length of one of its diagonals is $14 c m$ , than what is the length of the other diagonal?

By Pythagoras theorem,
$15^{2} = x^{2} + 7^{2}$
$x^{2} = 176$
$x = 13.26$ cm
$∴$ Length of diagonal $= 2 \times 13.26$
$= 26.52$ cm.