SOLUTION: Diagonal AC of a rhombus ABCD is equal to one of its sides BC. Find the angles of the rhombus.

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Question 716163: Diagonal AC of a rhombus ABCD is equal to one of its sides BC. Find the angles of the
rhombus.
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If one of the diagonals is equal in measure to one of the sides, the rhombus must be formed from two equilateral triangles. Hence, the smaller angles are 60 degrees, and therefore the larger angles must be two times 60 or 120 degrees.

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