Question

Find the area of a rhombus whose side is 7 cm and altitude is 8 cm.

• A. 56 sq.cm.
• B. 65 sq.cm.
• C. 44 sq.cm.
• D. 59 sq.cm.

Answer 1

The correct option is A

56 sq.cm.

Note that altitude is the height of the figure.

Area of rhombus = Area of parallelogram = base x height

Area of rhombus $=\text{base}\times \text{corresponding height}$

$=7cm\times 8cm=56sq.cm$.