AMC 12 Mock Exam 1 Problem 5
Problem 5 of 25
A rhombus has side length and one diagonal of length . What is the radius of the circle inscribed in the rhombus?
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Solution
The diagonals of a rhombus are perpendicular bisectors of each other. Half of the known diagonal is and the side is , so half of the other diagonal is , and the other diagonal is . The area is .
The center of the rhombus is equidistant from all four sides, so the inscribed circle is centered there. Splitting the rhombus into four triangles from the center, the area equals . Thus and .
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