SOLUTION: measure of 1 side of a rhombus where the small and large diagonals measure 12 cm and 16 cm

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Question 376099: measure of 1 side of a rhombus where the small and large diagonals measure 12 cm and 16 cm
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The diagonals of a rhombus bisect each other and are at right angles. Thus, applying the Pythagorean theorem, the length of a side is sqrt%286%5E2+%2B+8%5E2%29+=+sqrt%2836+%2B+64%29+=+sqrt%28100%29+=+10cm.