SOLUTION: An architect has a pool in the floor plans for a home. Set up a determinant that gives the unit area of the pool. Coordinates given: (4,4) (1, -5) (-5, -3)

Question 1171379: An architect has a pool in the floor plans for a home. Set up a determinant that gives the unit area of the pool. Coordinates given: (4,4) (1, -5) (-5, -3)
Found 3 solutions by josgarithmetic, timofer, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Too much missing here. Three points? For a triangle? Or is another point missing, maybe for a rectangle? Where is other length or scaling information?
Answer by timofer(106)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If you try to graph those given points and, assuming there is one missing point as part of a parallelogram, then accounting for the slopes of (-5,-3) & (1,-5), and (4,4) & (1,-5), then the missing point would be (-1,-6).
Still too much seems omitted from your problem description.

Taking another look at just what is described and is asked, maybe these would help:
https://www.triangle-calculator.com/?what=vc
https://www.omnicalculator.com/math/area-triangle-coordinates
https://ncalculators.com/geometry/triangle-area-by-3-points.htm

The area is 30 units.
Answer by ikleyn(52879)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The person who created this "problem", has the skills to create tales
for 3 - 5 years old children, but has no skills to create Math problems.

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