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Example Question #2 : Rhombuses
A rhombus has two interior angles each with a measurement of . Find the sum of the remaining two angles.
To solve this problem, consider that the sum total of the four interior angles in any rhombus must equal . Furthermore, a rhombus must have two sets of equivalent opposite interior angles, and a rhombus must have two sets of adjacent interior angles. The adjacent interior angles must be supplementary—meaning they have a sum total of .
Since this problem provides the measurement for two of the interior angles, find the sum of those two angles. Then subtract that sum from to find the sum of the two remaining interior angles.
The solution is:
Example Question #3 : Rhombuses
A rhombus has two interior angles each with a measurement of . Find the sum of the remaining two angles.
To solve this problem, consider that the sum total of the four interior angles in any rhombus must equal . Furthermore, a rhombus must have two sets of equivalent opposite interior angles, and a rhombus must have two sets of adjacent interior angles. The adjacent interior angles must be supplementary—meaning they have a sum total of .
Since this problem provides the measurement for two of the interior angles, find the sum of those two angles. Then subtract that sum from to find the sum of the two remaining interior angles.
The solution is:
Example Question #6 : How To Find An Angle In A Rhombus
A rhombus has an interior angle with a measurement of . Find the measurement for one of the angles that are adjacent to the angle that has a measurement of .
A rhombus must have two sets of equivalent opposite interior angles, and a rhombus must have two sets of adjacent interior angles. The adjacent interior angles must be supplementary—meaning they have a sum total of .
Therefore, if a rhombus has an interior angle that has a measurement of , then the adjacent angle must equal:
Example Question #4 : Rhombuses
Using the rhombus shown above, find the measurement for angle .
A rhombus must have two sets of equivalent opposite interior angles, and a rhombus must have two sets of adjacent interior angles. The adjacent interior angles must be supplementary—meaning they have a sum total of .
Since this problem involves supplementary angles, the solution is:
Check answer by:
Example Question #11 : Rhombuses
A rhombus has two interior angles each with a measurement of . Find the measurement for one of the two remaining angles.
First, consider that the sum total of the four interior angles in any rhombus must equal . Secondly, a rhombus must have two sets of equivalent opposite interior angles, and a rhombus must have two sets of adjacent interior angles. The adjacent interior angles must be supplementary—meaning they have a sum total of .
One way to approach this problem is to realize that each of the remaining two angles must have the same measurement, and that each will be supplementary angles with . Therefore, find the difference between and to find the solution.
Example Question #201 : Quadrilaterals
A rhombus has two interior angles each with a measurement of . Find the measurement for one of the two remaining angles.
A rhombus must have two sets of equivalent opposite interior angles, and a rhombus must have two sets of adjacent interior angles. The adjacent interior angles must be supplementary—meaning they have a sum total of .
One way to approach this problem is to realize that each of the remaining two angles must have the same measurement, and that each will be supplementary angles with . Find the difference between and to find the solution.
Example Question #13 : How To Find An Angle In A Rhombus
A rhombus has two interior angles each with a measurement of . Find the sum of the remaining two angles.
To solve this problem, consider that the sum total of the four interior angles in any rhombus must equal . Furthermore, a rhombus must have two sets of equivalent opposite interior angles, and a rhombus must have two sets of adjacent interior angles. The adjacent interior angles must be supplementary—meaning they have a sum total of .
Since this problem provides the measurement for two of the interior angles, find the sum of those two angles. Then subtract that sum from to find the sum of the two remaining interior angles.
The solution is:
Note: this means that each of the two remaining angles must have a measurement of .
Example Question #51 : Rhombuses
If the area of a rhombus is , and the length of one of its diagonals is , what must be the length of the other diagonal?
Write the formula for the area of a rhombus.
Plug in the given area and diagonal length. Solve for the other diagonal.
Example Question #11 : Rhombuses
A rhombus contains diagonals with the length and . Find the area of the rhombus.
The equation for the area of a rhombus is given by:
where and are the two diagonal lengths.
This problem very quickly becomes one of the "plug and chug" type, where the given values just need to be substituted into the equation and the equation then solved. By plugging in the values given, we get:
Example Question #1 : How To Find The Area Of A Rhombus
Find the area of a rhombus if the diagonals lengths are and .
Write the formula for the area of a rhombus:
Substitute the given lengths of the diagonals and solve: