SOLUTION: A rhombus has diagonals 6 cm and 10 cm find the length of one side of the rhombus

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Question 1120796: A rhombus has diagonals 6 cm and 10 cm find the length of one side of the rhombus
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Drawing the diagonals creates 4 right triangles of legs 3 and 5. Using the Pythagorean theorem, one side is sqrt%2834%29 cm long.