Question

The sides of a rhombus with angle of 60° are 6 inches. Find the area of the rhombus.



9√3 in²
18√3 in²
36 in²

Answer 1

because of the symmetry involved with a rhombus, you that you can split this rhombus up into 4 congruent 30-60-90 triangles.... and because the 30-60-90 triangle is involved, you can use it's special properties to determine the area of a triangle....

make a sketch and label it with the given info....