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When solving for the length of a side of the rhombus, why do you divide the length of the diagonals by 2 ?
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Anna313

by Anna313 at January 05, 2011

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Anna -The length of the side of a rhombus equals the square root of d1 squared plus d2 squared.  See picture below and use Pythagorean theorem.
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Steve204 Steve204 January 05, 2011

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Anna - my mistakeYes, you do have to divide d1 and d2 by 2!  Look at my picture and you will see what I mean.  So when you take the square root, make sure you divide by 2 before you square!
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Steve204 Steve204 January 06, 2011

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I was about to say what Steve said! Go Steve!
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