One side of a rhombus is 20 cm long and one of its diagonals measures 24 cm. The area of the rhombus is

Given:


 


Side = 24 cm


 


Length of diagonal 1 (d1) = 20 cm


 



 


Let, Length of diagonal 2 be d2


 


We know that,


 


Side of rhombus = 1/2 × √(d12 + d22)


 


⇒ 20 = 1/2 × √(242 + d22)


 


⇒ 20 × 2 = √(576 + d22)


 


⇒ 40 = √(576 + d22)


 


Squaring both sides,


 


⇒ 1600 = 576 + d22


 


⇒ d22 = 1024


 


⇒ d2 = 32 cm


 


Now,


 


Area of rhombus = 1/2 × d1 × d2


 


= 1/2 × 24 × 32


 


= 384 cm2

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