SOLUTION: Taylor sketches a picture on a coordinate grid. The corners of the picture are at (–5, 2), (1, 2), (1, –3)and (–5, –3). He wants to glue black ribbon around the edges of the pictur

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Question 1080900: Taylor sketches a picture on a coordinate grid. The corners of the picture are at (–5, 2), (1, 2), (1, –3)and (–5, –3). He wants to glue black ribbon around the edges of the picture. How much ribbon does Taylor need?
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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The units aren't given. It helps to draw this.
The vertical distances are the change in y, which is from -3 to +2, or 5 units.
The horizontal distances are the change in x, which is from -5 to 1, or 6 units.
Perimeter is 2L+2W=12+10=22 units.