Question

The vertices of a rectangle are at (-4,2),(3,2),(3,-2), and (-4,-2). What is the length of the longer side of the rectangle?

Answer 1

The longer side of the rectangle is the side that connects the points (-4,2) and (3,2), which have the same y-coordinate, so it is a horizontal line.

The length of this side is the distance between the x-coordinates of these two points, which is:

3 - (-4) = 7

Therefore, the length of the longer side of the rectangle is 7 units.