Two diagonals of a parallelogram have lengths 6 and \(10\). What is the largest possible length of the shortest side of the parallelogram?
+14903 What is the largest possible length of the shortest side of the parallelogram?
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The longest side of the parallelogram is when the diagonals are perpendicular to each other. It will be a four-sided rhombus. The length of the sides is
\(s=\sqrt{(\frac{10}{2})^2+(\frac{6}{2})^2}\\ \color{blue}s=5.831\)
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+363 In radical form, it would be \(\frac{\sqrt{136}}{4}\)
or, \(\frac{2\sqrt{34}}{4}\)or \(\frac{\sqrt{34}}{2}\)
