Question

What is the length of a side of rhombus JKLM? 4 units 8 units 12 units 16 units

Answer 1

c. 12

Explanation:

Answer 2

ANSWER

The length of a side is

`12 \: units`

EXPLANATION

The rhombus has all sides equal just like the square.

So
`|JK|=|JM|`

We can therefore write the following equation and use it to find x.


`3x = 2x + 4`

We group like terms to get,

`3x - 2x = 4`

This implies that,


`x = 4`

We substitute the value of x in to the expression for one side to get,


`JM=3 * 4 = 12 \: \: units`