Question

A rhombus has diagonals measuring 12 units and 16 units. What is the perimeter of the rhombus?

Answer 1

4 * side^2 = diagonal1 ^2 + diagonal2 ^2
4 * side^2 = 12^2 + 16^2
4 * side^2 = 144 + 256
4 * side^2 = 400
side^2 = 100
side = 10
So the perimeter = 4*10 = 40