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What is the length of the other diagonal ?

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The length of a side of a rhombus is 5 meter and one of its diagonals is of length 8 meter.

What is the length of the other diagonal ?

posted Mar 17, 2015 by Anuradha Tabyal

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All sides of a rhombus are equal.
Let X be the other diagonal,
So X^2 + 8^2 = 4* 5^2
X^2 + 64 =100
X = 6
Ans : Length of other diagonal = 6

answer Mar 20, 2015 by Muthulakshmi K



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