A farmer in Punjab has a rhombus-shaped field. Its diagonals are 80 m and 60 m. He wants to divide the field into 4 equal triangular plots using the two diagonals. Find the area (in sq m) of each triangular plot.

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600. Total area = 1/2(80)(60) = 2400 sq m. The diagonals split it into 4 equal triangles, each = 2400/4 = 600 sq m.

A farmer in Punjab has a rhombus-shaped field. Its diagonals are 80 m and 60 m.
He wants to divide the field into 4 equal triangular plots using the two diagonals.
Find the area (in sq m) of each triangular plot.

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More Class 8 Special Parallelograms practice

A farmer in Punjab has a rhombus-shaped field. Its diagonals are 80 m and 60 m.He wants to divide the field into 4 equal triangular plots using the two diagonals.Find the area (in sq m) of each triangular plot.

Step-by-Step Solution

Master this chapter in 30 minutes a day.

More Class 8 Special Parallelograms practice

A farmer in Punjab has a rhombus-shaped field. Its diagonals are 80 m and 60 m.
He wants to divide the field into 4 equal triangular plots using the two diagonals.
Find the area (in sq m) of each triangular plot.