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Question
If the area of a rhombus is 112 cm2 and one of its diagonals is 14 cm, find its other diagonal.
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Solution
Area of rhombus = 112 cm2
One diagonal = 14 cm
Let second diagonal = x
Then, area =`"Product of diagonal"/2`
⇒ `112 =(14xx"x")/2`
⇒ x =`(112xx2)/14=224/14`
⇒ x = 16
∴ Second diagonal = 16 cm
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