SOLUTION: What is the area of a quadrilateral with vertices at (-2,2), (-1,1), (4,1), and (3,-2).

SOLUTION: What is the area of a quadrilateral with vertices at (-2,2), (-1,1), (4,1), and (3,-2).

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Question 702082: What is the area of a quadrilateral with vertices at (-2,2), (-1,1), (4,1), and (3,-2).
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The horizontal (green) segment connecting (-1,1) to (4,1) splits the quadrilateral into two triangles, and it can be considered the base of both triangles.
Its length is
Their heights are and
Their areas are
and
The area of the quadrilateral is the sum:
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