An architect is designing a rectangular-shaped skyscraper. The base of the building is a rectangle, with corners at (1, 3), (35, 3), and (1, 53) on the coordinate plane. What is the area of the rectangle on the graph?
To find the area of the rectangle, we need to find the length and width of the rectangle.
Length = distance between points (1, 3) and (35, 3) = 35 - 1 = 34 units
Width = distance between points (1, 3) and (1, 53) = 53 - 3 = 50 units
Area = length x width
Area = 34 units x 50 units
Area = 1700 square units
Therefore, the area of the rectangle on the graph is 1700 square units.