Find the area of rectangle ABCD ghat had vertices point A(2,-5), point B(5,-5), point C(5,-1), point D(2,-1) in square miles
The area of rectangle ABCD is ____ square miles
3 square miles
To find the area of a rectangle, we use the formula:
Area = length x width
In this case, the length of the rectangle is the distance between points A and B, which is 5-2 = 3 miles.
The width of the rectangle is the distance between points A and D, which is -1 - (-5) = 4 miles.
So, the area of rectangle ABCD is:
Area = 3 miles x 4 miles = 12 square miles.