You take any two of the points, and observe how you get from one to the other by moving horizontally or vertically so many units. Then you start at the third point and move the same number of units horizontally and vertically and you'll end up at a fourth point. There are three possible fourth points that form a parallelogram with the other three.If we start at (-1,1) and go to (1,2) we notice that we have to move 2 units right and then move 3 units up. Now we start at (5,-1) and do the same thing. That is, we move 2 units right and then 3 units up. We then end up at (7,2), the point in red, and draw the parallelogram (in green): ---------------- If we start at (5,-1) and go to (-1,-1) we notice that we have to move 6 units left (and NO units up). Now we start at (1,2) and do the same thing. That is, we move 6 units left (and NO units up). We then end up at (-5,2), the point in red, and we draw the parallelogram (in green): ------------------------------ If we start at (1,2) and go to (-1,1) we notice that we have to move 2 units left and 3 units down. Now we start at (5,-1) and do the same thing. That is, we move 2 units left and 3 units down. We then end up at (3,-4), the point in red, and we draw the parallelogram (in green): Just for fun, let's look at all of them on one graph: Edwin