Question

A rhombus, which is a quadrilateral with 4 equal sides, is plotted on the coordinate plane. The coordinates of the vertices are: (−1,0), (4,0), (2,4), and (7,4). How long is each side of the rhombus?

Answer 1

Each side of the Rhombus is 5 units

Explanation:

Since the sides of a rhombus area all equal in length;

Then, the length of a side is enough to get the lengths of the other sides

Mathematically, finding the distance between two points out of what we are given will be enough to get the measure of one of the side of the rhombus

We apply the distance formula appropriately to get the distance between the side of the Rhombus

D = √(x2-x1)^2 + (y2-y1)^2

let us use the points (-1,0) and (4,0)

D = √(4 + 1)^2 + (0-0)^2

D = √25

D = 5