To find the altitude of a rhombus, we need to use the formula:
Area = (diagonal1 * diagonal2) / 2
Given that the area is 56 m², we can rewrite the formula as:
56 = (diagonal1 * diagonal2) / 2
Since a rhombus has equal diagonals, we can let d represent the length of both diagonals. Therefore, we can rewrite the formula as:
56 = (d * d) / 2
Multiplying both sides by 2, we get:
112 = d * d
Taking the square root of both sides, we find:
d = √112
Simplifying the square root, we get:
d ≈ 10.583
Since the perimeter of the rhombus is 28 m, each side length is 28 / 4 = 7 m.
Now, we can use the formula for the altitude of a rhombus:
Altitude = (2 * Area) / (diagonal1)
Substituting the given values, we have:
Altitude = (2 * 56) / 10.583
Simplifying, we find:
Altitude ≈ 10.583 m
Therefore, the altitude of the rhombus is approximately 10.583 m.
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