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

Answer 1

To find the area of the rectangle, we need to find 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:
Length = 5 - 2 = 3 miles

The width of the rectangle can be found by subtracting the y-coordinates of points A and B:
Width = -1 - (-5) = 4 miles

Now, we can find the area of the rectangle by multiplying the length and width:
Area = Length x Width = 3 miles x 4 miles = 12 square miles

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