Question

What is the area of a rectangle with vertices (-8, -2), (-3,-2), (-3,-6), and (-8,-6)?

________square units

Answer 1

The area of the rectangle is 20 square units

Explanation:

Through the x values of the ordered pairs, we can see that the length of the rectangle is 5

`-3-(-8)=5`

Through the y-values of the ordered pairs, we can see that the width of the rectangle is 4

`-2-(-6)=4`

The area can be found by multiplying the length and width, so this means

`(5)(4)=20`