Find the area of a rhombus each side of which measurers 20 cm and one of whose diagonals is 24 cm.

Given:


Length of diagonal 1 (d1) = 24 cm


Side = 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 = 1600-576


d22 = 1024


d2 = 32 cm


Now,


Area of rhombus= 1/2 × d1 × d2


= 1/2 × 24 × 32


= 384 cm2


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