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Given the coordinates, classify AQRT by by its sides. Q(-2, -1), R(1, 5), T(-8,-4)
If necessary, round to the tenths place.
QR
Classify:
RT=
QT

2 Given the coordinates, classify AQRT by by its sides. Q(-2, -1), R(1, 5), T(-8,-4) If-example-1
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To classify a quadrilateral by its sides, we need to calculate the distance between each pair of its vertices.

The distance between Q and R is the square root of ((1-(-2))^2 + (5-(-1))^2) = square root of (3^2 + 6^2) = square root of (9+36) = square root of 45 = 6.7

The distance between R and T is the square root of ((-8-1)^2 + (-4-5)^2) = square root of (9+81) = square root of 90 = 9.5

The distance between Q and T is the square root of ((-8+2)^2 + (-4+1)^2) = square root of (10+5) = square root of 15 = 3.87

If the quadrilateral is a rectangle, two sides of it have to be equal, so in this case, AQRT is not a rectangle.

If the quadrilateral is a rhombus, all four sides have to be equal, so in this case, AQRT is not a rhombus.

If the quadrilateral is a square, all four sides have to be equal, so in this case, AQRT is not a square.

If the quadrilateral is a trapezoid, two adjacent sides are parallel, so in this case, AQRT is not a trapezoid.

If the quadrilateral is a parallelogram, two pairs of opposite sides are parallel, so in this case, AQRT is not a parallelogram.

If the quadrilateral is a kite, two pairs of sides have the same length, so in this case, AQRT is not a kite.

So the only possible classification is that AQRT is a general quadrilateral.

so we have:

QR = 6.7

RT = 9.5

QT = 3.87

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