rhombus and angles

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rhombus and angles

Postby Salvadoramerican » Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:24 am

how do you find the angles of a rhombus given only diagonal length?
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Re: rhombus and angles

Postby nsguy1350 » Fri Mar 09, 2012 5:55 pm

If you have both diagonals, then you can find any angle you want, because you have 2 sides to a right triangle. Cut the diagonals in half and set up a right triangle, and use trig to solve for the angles.
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