document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=362015>Question 362015</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Draw the figure in a coordinate plane and find its area.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Rectangle defined by L(–2, –4), M(–2, 1), N(7, 1), and P(7, –4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Choose one answer.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	a. 36 sq units 	<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	b. 40 sq units 	<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	c. 45 sq units  	\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rectangle defined by L(–2, –4), M(–2, 1), N(7, 1), and P(7, –4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Choose one answer.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	a. 36 sq units 	<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	b. 40 sq units 	<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	c. 45 sq units  	\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "to draw: the points go clockwise from L, L is in lower left corner, line segments LM & PN are the width, MN and LP are the length,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "LM = PN = width, MN = LP = length<BR>\n" );
document.write( "use distance formula to find width and length<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D = sqrt((x2 - x1)^2 + (y2 - y1)^2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "LM = sqrt((-2 + 2)^2 + (1 + 4)^2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "LM = sqrt(5^2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "LM = sqrt(25)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "LM = 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "MN = sqrt((7 + 2)^2 + (1 - 1)^2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "MN = sqrt(9^2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "MN = sqrt(81)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "MN = 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "area = width * length = LM * MN = 5 * 9 = 45<BR>\n" );
document.write( "answer is c. 45 sq units  <BR>\n" );
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