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Argh

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Area of a Rhombus 2

Hey thanks for answering. I was wondering if you could explain how you arrived at that answer. Also to clarify the equilateral triangles are on opposite sides of each other on the square. They both share the same length of A on the lines parallel from one another on the square.

ElainaVW

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Re: Area of a Rhombus 2

Hello

Bobbym had to prepare dinner for three so he's going to be busy for a bit.

His method was to accurately compute the first 10 rhombuses and then curve fit which needed an ansatz that only he could see. This won't be the type of classical answer you require but at least you have the answer.

bobbym

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Re: Area of a Rhombus 2

That is exactly how I pictured it.

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Re: Area of a Rhombus 2

Method by trig. in first post.

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phrontister

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Re: Area of a Rhombus 2

Hi Argh;

I was wondering if you could explain how you arrived at that answer.

I gave an answer here.

The method I used was to deduct the area of the square from the sum of the areas of the four triangles that together fill the square, the result being the area of the only overlapped region: the rhombus.

Last edited by phrontister (2015-06-25 00:33:09)

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