A rhombus has an area of 144 square centimeters, and one diagonal is twice the length of the other. What are the lengths of the diagonals?

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15 Jul 2019
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Let the shorter diagonal be x cm, then the longer diagonal is 2x cm. The area of a rhombus is half the product of its diagonals: (1/2) × x × 2x = x². Given the area is 144, we have x² = 144, so x = 12 cm. Therefore, the diagonals are 12 cm and 24 cm.

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