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Each side of a rhombus is 10 cm. If one of its diagonals is 16 cm, find the length of the other diagonal.



Answer -

In rhombus ABCD, diagonals AC and BD bisect eachother at O at right angles
Each side = 10 cm and one diagonal AC = 16 cm
 
AO = OC = 162 = 8 cm
Now in right angled triangle AOB,
AB² = AO² + OB² (Pythagoras Theorem)
(10)² = (8)² + (BO)²
=> 100 = 64 + BO²
=> BO² = 100 – 64 = 36 = (6)²
BO = 6
BD = 2BO = 2 x 6 = 12 cm

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