Question
Find the area of a rhombus whose side is 25 cm and one of the diagonals is 30 cm?
Answer: Option E
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Consider the rhombus ABCD. Let the diagonals intersect at E. Since diagonals bisect at right angles in a rhombus. BE2 + AE2 = AB2 252 = 152 + AE2
AE = √(625 - 225) = √400 = 20, AC = 20 + 20 = 40 cm. Area of a rhombus = 1/2 * d1d2 = 1/2 * 40 * 30 = 600 sq.cm.
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