SOLUTION: if the perimeter of a rhombus is 260 c.ms and one of its diagonals is 66 c.ms , then find the other diagonal

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Question 889992: if the perimeter of a rhombus is 260 c.ms and one of its diagonals is 66 c.ms , then find the other diagonal
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) About Me  (Show Source):
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All four sides of a rhombus have equal measures, so each side is 1%2F4
of the perimeter or 260%2F4 = 65. So we label the upper left side 65.
We are given that one of the diagonals is 66. Let that be the red diagonal
below. Since the diagonals bisect each other the top half of the red 
diagonal is 1%2F2 of 66 or 33.  So we label the top half of the red
diagonal 33.  We want to know the length of the green diagonal.  So
we label the left half of the green diagonal x.



Since the diagonals of a rhombus are perpendicular, the triangle with
the sides x,33, and 65 is a right triangle, so we can use the Pythagorean
theorem to find x:

 x² + 33² = 65²
x² + 1089 = 4225
       x² = 3136
        x = √3136
        x = 56

So half the green diagonal is 56 cm.

Therefore, the whole green diagonal is 2×56 = 112 cm.

Edwin