Set up an equation, where n is the original number. Since there is a 40% increase, 40% of itself is added to itself to make 14:
n + .4n = 14
You can now combine the n and .4n, since they're compatible terms. Keep in mind that n = 1n:
1.4n = 14
Divide each side by 1.4 to solve for n:
n = 10
The original number is 10.
Now, for a rhombus, all sides are the same length, and the diagonals bisect the vertex they cut, so they cut them in halves, and they also meet at right-angles, and cut each other in halves as well
that means, if the angle is 108, the shorter diagonal will cut that in two equal angles, of 54 each, check the picture below
and since they each other cut in halves where they meet, one side of the shorter diagonal will then be half of 9, or 9/2 or 4.5
since the angle is in degrees, make sure your calculator is in Degree mode
-5,0 is the correct answer .