Question

Find the area of rectangle ABCD that had vertices point A (2,-5), point B (5,-5), point C (5,-1) and point D (2,-1) in square miles.

The area of the rectangle ABCD is ___ square miles

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

To find the area of the rectangle ABCD, we need to calculate the length of side AB and the length of side AD.

Using the distance formula, we find:
AB = √((5-2)^2 + (-5+5)^2) = √(3^2 + 0) = √9 = 3 miles
AD = √((2-2)^2 + (-1+5)^2) = √(0 + 16) = √16 = 4 miles

The area of the rectangle is then:
Area = AB * AD = 3 * 4 = 12 square miles

Therefore, the area of rectangle ABCD is 12 square miles.