How would you find the diagonals for a rhombus given the side length of 7 yds and an angle measure of 60 degrees?

Answer:
Long diagonal: 12.12 yd
Short diagonal: 7 yd.
Step-by-step explanation:
As you can see, 4 righ triangles are formed.
The larger diagonal divides the angle ∠AFM=60° into two angles of 30° each.
Then, choose one the triangles that has the angles of 30°. The hypotenuse will be the side lenght of 7 yards, the long diagonal (D) will be twice the adjacent side and the short diagonal (d) will be twice the opposite side.
Then:
- Long diagonal:
[tex]\frac{D}{2}=7*cos(30\°)=6.06yd\\\\D=2(\frac{D}{2})=2(6.06yd)=12.12yd[/tex]
- Short diagonal:
[tex]\frac{d}{2}=7*sin(30\°)=3.5yd\\\\d=2(\frac{d}{2})=2(3.5yd)=7yd[/tex]
Answer:
The length of diagonals are 7 yd and 12.12 yd
Step-by-step explanation:
Let the point of intersection called as 'D'
<AFD = <MFD =60/2 = 30°
Then < AFM = <AFD + <MFD
Consider the ΔAFD
The angles are 30°, 60° and 90 then sides are in the ratio
1 : √3 : 2
The two diagonals are MA and FR
MA = MD + AD = 7/2 + 7/2 = 7 yd
FR = FD + RD = 7√3/2 + 7√3/2 = 7√3 = 12.12 yd
Therefore the length of diagonals are 7 yd and 12.12 yd