SOLUTION: find the area of a rhombus having each side equal to 13 cm and one whose diagonal is 24.

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Question 436151: find the area of a rhombus having each side equal to 13 cm and one whose diagonal is 24.
Answer by robertb(5830) About Me  (Show Source):
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Half of the diagonal 24 is 12. Hence half of the other diagonal is sqrt%2813%5E2+-+12%5E2%29+=+5. Hence the other diagonal is 10 cm long.
==> Area is A+=+%281%2F2%2924%2A10+=+120 sq. cm.