Question

A home has a rectangular kitchen. If listed as ordered pairs, the corners of the kitchen are (11, 5), (−6, 5), (11, −2), and (−6, −2). What is the area of the kitchen in square feet?

119 ft2
49 ft2
48 ft2
15 ft2

Answer 1

First, we need to find the length and width of the rectangle. The length is the distance between the points (11, 5) and (-6, 5), which is 11 - (-6) = 17 feet. The width is the distance between the points (11, 5) and (11, -2), which is 5 - (-2) = 7 feet.

The area of the rectangle is the product of the length and width, so A = 17 * 7 = 119 square feet.

Therefore, the answer is 119 ft2.