When the sides of a rhombus ABCD are 10 cm and 24 cm, respectively, what is the perimeter of the shape?

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52 square units

54 square units

50 square units

56 square units

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

Concept: Drawing the rhombus first will allow us to use the Pythagorean Theorem to determine the side length of the rhombus, which we will then multiply by 4 to obtain the perimeter.
To better comprehend it, let's first illustrate it.

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Here, BD is 24 cm and AC is 10 cm.
We are aware that rhombus' diagonals cut each other at right angles.
AOB, BOC, COD, and DOA are all right-angled triangles as a result.
The diagonals are split because of O. AO = OC and DO = OB as a result.
These together with the diagonal lengths give us AO = OC = 5 cm and DO = OB = 12 cm.
As stated by the Pythagorean Theorem, "In a right-angled triangle, the square of the hypotenuse side is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides."
Because AOB is a triangle with a right angle at O, it has a right angle. The Pythagorean Theorem will result in the following:

Putting in the values, we get:-

The side of the rhombus is 13 units as a result.
Since a rhombus's perimeter is determined by

Hence, the correct option is 1) 52 square units

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