SOLUTION: how to find the diagonals of a rhombus with area and side

Question 816186: how to find the diagonals of a rhombus with area and side
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Making
and
,
we can write the equation
.
The solutions to that equation will be and ,
and the diagonals of the rhombus are and .

For example, if and in some units and the corresponding square units respectively,
and
.
Solving the equation

either by factoring it into
or by applying the quadratic formula
and ,
for a rhombus with diagonals measuring and
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