The diagonals of a rhombus are 6 cm and 8 cm long. Find the perimeter of the rhombus.
+23246 Start by drawing a picture of a rhomus with its diagonals.
The diagonals of that rhombus are perpendicular to each other; therefore, you have a picture that contains 4 congruent right triangles.
Since the diagonals are 6 cm and 8 cm, the sides of each of the right triangles are 3 cm and 4 cm. Calculate the hypotenuses of the right triangles (they are all the same size) and add these four sides together to get the perimeter of the rhombus.
+23246 Start by drawing a picture of a rhomus with its diagonals.
The diagonals of that rhombus are perpendicular to each other; therefore, you have a picture that contains 4 congruent right triangles.
Since the diagonals are 6 cm and 8 cm, the sides of each of the right triangles are 3 cm and 4 cm. Calculate the hypotenuses of the right triangles (they are all the same size) and add these four sides together to get the perimeter of the rhombus.
