Question

Find the area of a rhombus whose side is 6 cm and whose altitude is 4 cm. if one of its diagonals is 8cm long, find the length of the other diagonal.

Answer 1

Let the length of the other diagonal of the rhombus be x.

A rhombus is a special case of a parallelogram.

The area of a parallelogram is given by the product of its base and height.

Thus, area of the given rhombus = Base × Height = 6 cm × 4 cm = 24 cm2

Also, area of rhombus =(Product of its diagonals)
Thus, the length of the other diagonal of the rhombus is 6 cm.

Answer 2

Since,a rhombus is also a kind of a parallelogram.

Formula of area of rhombus =Base×Altitude

Putting values, we have

Area of rhombus =6×4=24

Since, Area of rhombus is 24 cm².

Also,formula for area of rhombus =$\frac{1}{2}×d_1d_2$

Given,Length of one diagonal =$d_1$=8

Let length of other diagonal =$d_2$

After substituting the values, we get

$24=\frac{1}{2}×8×d_2$

$24=4×d_2$

$4×d_2=24$

$d_2=\frac{24}{4}$

$d_2=6$

Hence, length of other diagonal is 6 cm.