The diagonal of a rhombus are 12cm and 16cm, calculate the perimeter of the rhombus

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The diagonals bisect one another perpendicularly forming four right triangles. So the legs of these triangles have lengths 16/2=8cm and 12/2=6cm.

The hypotenuses are the sides of the rhombus, so the length of each side is √(8²+6²)=√(64+36)=√100=10cm, making the perimeter 4×10=40cm.

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