SOLUTION: A right prism has a rhombus as a base. The height of the prism is 6 inches and the volume is 144 cubic inches. Which could be the lengths of the diagonals of the rhombus?

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Question 1062290: A right prism has a rhombus as a base. The height of the prism is 6 inches and the volume is 144 cubic inches.
Which could be the lengths of the diagonals of the rhombus?

Answer by srinivas.g(540)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Volume of the prism = 144 cubic inches
height = 6 inches
area of base (rhombus =
=
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let d1, d2 be the diagonals
area of rhombus =


possible lengths of diagonals are 8 in x 6 inch
or
12 in x 4 in
or
24 in x 2 in
or
16 in 3 in




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