a rhombus has a perimeter of 44 centimeter and a diagnol 12 centimeters long. wat the area?
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To find the area of a rhombus, you need to know the lengths of its diagonals. In this case, you are given the length of one diagonal and the perimeter of the rhombus. However, the given information is not sufficient to directly calculate the area of the rhombus.
To find the area, we need to use the formula: Area = (d₁ * d₂) / 2, where d₁ and d₂ are the lengths of the diagonals.
Given:
Perimeter = 44 cm
Length of diagonal = 12 cm
Let's proceed step by step to find the area:
1. Perimeter of a rhombus:
A rhombus has four equal sides, so each side has a length of P/4, where P is the perimeter.
In this case, the perimeter is 44 cm, so each side of the rhombus has a length of 44/4 = 11 cm.
2. Using the length of the diagonal:
We know that the diagonals of a rhombus bisect each other at a right angle, dividing the rhombus into four congruent right-angled triangles. We can use this property to find the lengths of the diagonals using the Pythagorean theorem.
Let's denote the lengths of the diagonals as d₁ and d₂. Since the diagonals bisect each other, each half of a diagonal forms the base and height of a right-angled triangle.
Using Pythagorean theorem for one of the triangles:
(11/2)² + h² = (12/2)², where h is the height of the right-angled triangle and (11/2) is the base.
Simplifying the equation:
121/4 + h² = 36/4
121 + 4h² = 36
4h² = 36 - 121
4h² = -85
The resulting equation has a negative value, which means there is no real solution. However, this is not possible since a rhombus always has real diagonal lengths. Therefore, either the given information is incorrect or there has been an error in the problem statement.
Please make sure the information provided about the rhombus is correct, and we can continue to find the area accurately.