SOLUTION: If the diagonals of a rhombus measure 6 and 8, the length of a side is: 1. 10 2. 5 3 5 square roots of 3 4. 5 square roots of 2 PLEASE HELP!- NEED SOON!

Question 109612: If the diagonals of a rhombus measure 6 and 8, the length of a side is:
1. 10
2. 5
3 5 square roots of 3
4. 5 square roots of 2
PLEASE HELP!- NEED SOON!
Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the diagonals of a rhombus are perpendicular, and they bisect each other
... this means that they form four identical right triangles

the side of the rhombus is the hypotenuse of the triangle
... the other two sides of the triangle are the bisected diagonals

so the triangle is 3, 4, ?
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