Given that
.
To find the area of the rhombus, we need to know the lengths of each diagonal.
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Diagonal(
):
Distance between
is
(Distance formula)
(Substitute
)

(Simplify)
(Taking out square root)
Diagonal(
):
Distance between
is
(Distance formula)
(Substitute
)
(Simplify)
(Add)
(Taking out square root)
Area:
\Area of rhombus 
(Substitute
)
(Multiply:
)
(Divide:
)
The area of rhombus is
square units.