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Exercise 8 Page 803

The area of a rhombus is half the product of its diagonals.

96 ft^2

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The area of a rhombus is half the product of its diagonals. A=d_1* d_2/2 From the figure, we can see that we are given half a length of each diagonal.
We just need to multiply the given lengths by 2 to get the diagonal lengths of the rhombus. d_1=8*2 ⇒ d_1= 16 [0.5em] d_2=6*2 ⇒ d_2= 12 Using the diagonal lengths, let's find the area of the rhombus.
A=d_1* d_2/2
A=16* 12/2
A=192/2
A=96
The area of the rhombus is 96 square feet.