Find the area of rectangle ABCD that has vertices point A (-2,4), point B (3,4), and point C (-2,-2), and point D (3,-2) in square miles.
To find the area of the rectangle, we first need to calculate the length and width of the rectangle.
The length of the rectangle can be found by subtracting the x-coordinates of points A and D: 3 - (-2) = 5 units.
The width of the rectangle can be found by subtracting the y-coordinates of points A and C: 4 - (-2) = 6 units.
Now, we can calculate the area of the rectangle by multiplying the length and width: 5 units * 6 units = 30 square units.
Since we need the area in square miles, we need to convert the area from square units to square miles. To do this, we need to know the conversion factor between square miles and square units.
If we assume that 1 square mile is equal to 27,878,400 square units, then we can calculate the area of the rectangle in square miles:
30 square units * (1 square mile / 27,878,400 square units) ≈ 0.00000107314 square miles
Therefore, the area of rectangle ABCD is approximately 0.00000107314 square miles.