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Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
what is the area of parallegogram ABCD with vertices A(-4,-6),B(6,-6),C(-1,5),D(9,5)?
dont understand how to get the answer



The formula for the area of a parallelogram
is

We know the base is 10 units long, because the
bottom side extends from 4 units left of the
y-axis to 6 units right of the y-axis. That's
a total of 10 units for the base.
Let's draw the height as a dotted line:

We see that the height extends from 6 units below the x-axis to 5 units
above the x-axis, so that is 11 units.
So
= = 110 square units.
Edwin

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