CameraIcon
CameraIcon
SearchIcon
MyQuestionIcon
MyQuestionIcon
1
You visited us 1 times! Enjoying our articles? Unlock Full Access!
Question

The area of a rhombus is 240 cm2 and one of the diagonal is 16 cm. Find another diagonal.

Open in App
Solution

Given:Area of the rhombus=240 cmLength of one of its diagonals=16 cmWe know that if the diagonals of a rhombus are d1 and d2, then the area of the rhombus is given by:Area=12(d1×d2)Putting the given values:240=12(16×d2)240×2=16×d2This can be written as follows:16×d2=480d2=48016d2=30 cmThus, the length of the other diagonal of the rhombus is 30 cm.

flag
Suggest Corrections
thumbs-up
2
Join BYJU'S Learning Program
similar_icon
Related Videos
thumbnail
lock
Areas of Parallelogram
MATHEMATICS
Watch in App
Join BYJU'S Learning Program
CrossIcon