If the lengths of the diagonals of rhombus are 16 cm and 12 cm. Then, the length of the sides of the rhombus is


We know that,

A rhombus is a simple quadrilateral whose four sides are of same length and diagonals are perpendicular bisector of each other.


The figure is:



Given: AC = 16 cm and BD = 12 cm


AOB = 90°


AC and BD bisects each other


AO = � AC and BO = � BD


AO = 8 cm and BO = 6 cm


Now, in right angled ∆AOB,


As per by Pythagoras theorem,


AB � = AO � + OB �


AB � = 8 � + 6 � = 64 + 36 = 100


AB = 100 = 10 cm


As we know that a rhombus has all four sides equal.


Hence side of rhombus = 10 cm.

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