document.write( "Question 1179704: What is the area of a rhombus of side
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "use right triangle whose legs are \"+p%2F2\", \"q%2F2=8cm\", and hypothenuse is \"a=17cm\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \"p%2F2=sqrt%28%2817cm%29%5E2-%288cm%29%5E2%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"p%2F2=sqrt%28289cm%5E2-64cm%5E2%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"p%2F2=sqrt%28225cm%5E2%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"+A+=+%28p%2Aq%29%2F2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"A+=+%2830cm%2A16cm%29%2F2\"\r
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