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The area of a rhombus is half the product of the diagonals. A = 1/2bc.

The diagonals (of length b and c) intersect at right angles and form two congruent triangles either side of one chosen diagonal.

The area of one such triangle is 1/2b x 1/2c (area of a triangle = 1/2 base x height).

The area of both triangles and therefore the area of the rhombus is 2(1/2b x 1/2c) = 1/2bc.

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