SOLUTION: A parallelogram has sides measuring 10 units and 15 units. A rhombus has the same perimeter as this parallelogram. What is the length of each side of this rhombus?

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Question 508972: A parallelogram has sides measuring 10 units and 15 units. A rhombus has the same perimeter as this parallelogram. What is the length of each side of this rhombus?
Answer by Theo(13342)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
rhombus has all sides are equal.
the perimeter of the parallelogram is equal to 2L + 2W = 20 + 30 = 50
the length of each side of the rhombus will be 50/4 = 12.5

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