SOLUTION: the area of a rhombus is 24 square cm and its perimeter is 20 cm. what is the height

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Question 698353: the area of a rhombus is 24 square cm and its perimeter is 20 cm. what is the height
Answer by KMST(5328) About Me  (Show Source):
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A rhombus has four congruent sides.
s = length of rhombus side (in cm).
Rhombus perimeter = 4s=20cm --> s=5cm.
As for all parallelograms area=base%2Aheight , so
area=5h=24 square cm --> h=24%2F5=highlight%284.8%29cm