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prealgebra intermediate

Problem

The diagonal lengths of a rhombus are 24 units and 10 units. What is the area of the rhombus, in square units?
Solution
The area of a rhombus can be expressed as: , where are the lengths of the diagonals. (Think of each quadrant as a triangle, and sum those areas - you'll see it comes out to this formula) Plugging in and , we get square units.
Final answer
120