How do you figure out the dimensions of a diamond?

Answer by  Westy (105)

A diamond is a 4 sided polygon. One can either use a measuring device to obtain the dimensions. If the area and at least one side is known, use the equation for area of a rectangle to determine the other side. This works if the angles are all 90 degrees.

Answer by  alz (2329)

You can break the diamond into 2 triangles by drawing a lines across the middle. Then, take the information that you are given to find the area of 1 of the triangles (base height/2). Since both triangles are equal, double this and its the diamond's area.

Answer by  Pam84 (330)

Define dimensions? If you mean area and the diamond has equal sides, it is just a square that is tilted and thus area would be x side * y side = Zsqureunits. An unequal sided diamond would require more words than I have available to me and diagram would help too ;-)