Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Find the area of the field in the form of a rhombus, if the length of each side be 14 cm and the altitude be 16 cm.
Advertisements
Solution
Length of each side of a field in the shape of a rhombus = 14 cm
Altitude = 16 cm
Now, we know: Area of the rhombus = Side x Altitude
∴ {Area of the field = 14 x 16 = 224 cm}2
RELATED QUESTIONS
The diagonals of a rhombus are 7.5 cm and 12 cm. Find its area.
Find the area of a rhombus whose side is 5 cm and whose altitude is 4.8 cm. If one of its diagonals is 8 cm long, find the length of the other diagonal.
The floor of a building consists of 3000 tiles, which are rhombus shaped, and each of its diagonals are 45 cm and 30 cm in length. Find the total cost of polishing the floor if the cost per m2 is ₹ 4.
There is a pentagonal shaped park as shown in the figure. For finding its area Jyoti and Kavita divided it in two different ways.

Find the area of this park using both ways. Can you suggest some other way of finding its area?
Find the area of a rhombus whose side is 6 cm and whose altitude is 4 cm. If one of its diagonals is 8 cm long, find the length of the other diagonal.
The floor of a building consists of 3000 tiles which are rhombus shaped and each of its diagonals are 45 cm and 30 cm in length. Find the total cost of polishing the floor, if the cost per m2 is Rs 4.
The area of a rhombus is 84 m2. If its perimeter is 40 m, then find its altitude.
Find the area of the following polygon, if AL = 10 cm, AM = 20 cm, AN = 50 cm, AO = 60 cm and AD = 90 cm.

