Answer:
The quadrilateral has two pairs of opposite parallel sides and (from the graphing of the points) it is slanted from the vertical, therefore, it is a;
B. Parallelogram
Explanation:
The coordinates of the vertices of the given quadrilateral are;
(0, 0), (-2, 3), (7, 0), (5, 3)
Arranging the coordinates according to their y-values and labelled gives;
A(-2, 3), B(5, 3), C(0, 0), D(7, 0)
The graph of the points created with Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel is attached
From the graph, we have;
Segment AB is parallel to segment CD
The length of segment AB = √((5 - (-2))² + (3 - 3)²) = 7
The length of segment CD = √((7 - 0)² + (0 - 0)²) = 7
∴ The length of segment AB = The length of segment CD
The distance between segment AC and segment BD = Length of segment AB at point A = Length of segment CD at point C
∴ Segment AC is parallel to segment BD (The distance between two parallel lines is the same all through)
The quadrilateral is also observed to be slant from the vertical
Therefore the quadrilateral is a parallelogram