Question

Find the area of the figure created by the four lines below. y = 2 y=-3 X= 7 x= -6

Answer 1

EXPLANATION

The figure created by the four given lines is as shown as follows:

In order to compute the are, we need to calculate the length and width, in this case, the length is given by the x-axis difference and the width is given by the y-axis difference.

`x-\text{axis difference = 7-(-6)=7+6=13}`
`y-\text{axis difference=2-(-3) = 2+3 = 5}`

Thus, length=13 and width = 5

The area of the figure would be:

`\text{Area}=\text{Length}\cdot\text{Width}=13\cdot5=65\text{ squared units}`