SOLUTION: A rectangle has vertices at (0,0), (0,-4), (-3,-4), and (-3,0) What is the perimeter of the triangle? please graph it

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Question 197822: A rectangle has vertices at (0,0), (0,-4), (-3,-4), and (-3,0) What is the perimeter of the triangle?

please graph it

Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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You defined a rectangle, then asked for the perimeter of the triangle. What triangle?

If you really meant the perimeter of the rectangle, then use the distance formula to find the length and width.



where and are the coordinates of the endpoints of the segment for which you wish to determine the measure, and then use the formula for the perimeter of a rectangle:



To graph it, simply plot the four points and connect the dots.

John