document.write( "Question 1143886: A side and the altitude of a rhombus measure 120m and 90m respectively.
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document.write( "Find the smaller interior angle of the rhombus. \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #764824 by Theo(13342)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! see my worksheet below. \n" ); document.write( "additional comments below the worksheet.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " ![]() \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "reference on altitude of a rhombus can be found at https://www.mathopenref.com/rhombus.html#targetText=The%20altitude%20of%20a%20rhombus,may%20have%20to%20be%20extended).\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "reference on properties of a rhombus can be found at https://www.mbacrystalball.com/blog/2015/11/13/quadrilaterals-properties-parallelograms-trapezium-rhombus/\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "from my worksheet, DE is the altitude of rhombux ABCD.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\right triangle EAD is formed by the altitude and the closest side of the rhombus.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "DE = 90 mm \n" ); document.write( "AD = 120 mm\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "cos(EDA) = 90/120.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "angle (EDA) = arccos(90/120) = 41.40962211 degrees = angle x in the diagram.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "angle y in the diagram is complementary to angle x, since angle x + y = 90 degrees.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "angle y is the smaller of the interior angles of rhombus ABCD.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "angle y is equal to 90 minus angle x = 48.59037789 degrees.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "that should be your answer as best i can determine.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |