We can use the Law of Cosines to find the measure of the smaller angle...we have that
2.9^2 = 4^2 + 4^2 - 2 (4 * 4) cos (smaller angle in the rhombus)
Simplify
[ 2.9^2 -4^2 - 4^2 ] / [-2 (4 * 4)] = cos (smaller angle in the rhombus)
Using the arccos we have that
arccos ( [ 2.9^2 -4^2 - 4^2 ] / [-2 (4 * 4)] ) = smaller angle in the rhombus ≈ 42.51°
The larger angle in the rhombus will be supplemental to this = 137.49° = 137.5°
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Let rhombus side be c = 4
1/2 of short diagonal a = 1.45
1/2 of long diagonal b = ?
We have the right triangle
Larger angle β = ? cos(β/2) = a / c =68.74619°
β = 137.4923816°
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