find the area of the rhombus

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imstuck · Answer

You have a rhombus to post for us?

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

i had to draw it because i didnt have a jpeg.

imstuck · Answer

What is 2 and what is 3?  Can you tell just to be safe?

anonymous · Answer

i have been using 2 as d1 and 3 as d2 i keep coming up with 3 but everytime i put it in, it says its wrong.

imstuck · Answer

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imstuck · Answer

The area for a rhombus is 1/2 the diameters multiplied together.  The one diameter is 6 units long and the other is 4 units long.  6 * 4 = 24...24/2 = 12

imstuck · Answer

3 and 2 are only half the measures of the diameters.  You need the measure of the whole thing!

akashdeepdeb · Answer

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Getting this? :)

imstuck · Answer

@AkashdeepDeb that's too much for the area formula here.  Its just A = 1/2 (d1 * d2).  That's it.  Throwing in the triangles and all that is not necessary to this problem. Although nothing you said was incorrect.

anonymous · Answer

yessss, thank you! im in an online class, so its really hard to grasp concepts. @AkashdeepDeb and thank you @IMStuck i have one other problem thats giving me issues. ill post it in just a second.

akashdeepdeb · Answer

(d1 * d2)/2 cannot be understood at first glance. 
It is a pointless formula and can be and should be used only something else is to be found out. 

Whereas, 4 * (area of a triangle) is a formula that can be understood in a much simpler way. @IMStuck