Find the area of a rhombus whose perimeter is 80 m and one of whose diagonal is 24 m.
Let ABCD be the rhombus of perimeter 80 m and diagonal AC = 24 m
We have,
AB + BC + CD + DA = 80
4 AB = 80 [AB=BC=CD=DA sides of Rhombus]
AB = 20 m
In ΔABC, we have
AB = a = 20 cm, BC = b = 20 cm, AC = c = 24 cm
Let a, b and c are the sides of triangle and s is
the semi-perimeter, then its area is given by:
A = where
[Heron’s Formula]
=
= 32
A=
A = =
cm2
Hence, area of rhombus ABCD = 2 ×192 m2
= 384 m2