One angle of a rhombus is 120 degrees. The perimeter is 96m. Find the Area. A rhombus is a parallelogram with all four sides equal: _____________ / / / / / / / / / / ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ The formula for the area of any parallogram is bh So we draw in the height, h. The perimeter is 96, and since a rhombus has four equal sides, each side is 1/4 of 96m, or 24m. Also since the measure of the obtuse interior angle on the lower right corner is 120°, the acute angle on the lower left corner must be supplementary to it, or 180°-120° which is 60°: _____________ /| 24m / / | / 24m/ |h / 24m / | / /60° | 120°/ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Now from the right triangle on the left of the rhombus, h sin(60°) = ---- 24 Multiply both sides by 24: 24·sin(60°) = h _ 24(Ö3/2) = h Simplify: _ 12Ö3 = h The formula for the area is A = base×height The base is the bottom side which is 24m _ The height is h which is 12Ö3 _ So A = (24)(12Ö3) _ A = 288Ö3 or approximately 498.83063276 I'd round that off to 499m², or however your teacher tells you. Edwin