SOLUTION: Find the perimeter and area of a rhombus with hight 10 yards and base 13 yards?

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Question 314450: Find the perimeter and area of a rhombus with hight 10 yards and base 13 yards?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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I'm assuming by height and base you mean the measures of the diagonals.
A=%281%2F2%29%2810%29%2813%29=65
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Find the length of the side using b%2F2 and h%2F2 and the Pythagorean theorem,
x%5E2=b%5E2%2F4%2Bh%5E2%2F4=100%2F4%2B169%2F4=269%2F4
x=sqrt%28269%29%2F2
P=4x=2%2Asqrt%28269%29