SOLUTION: What is the perimeter and area of the polygon with the given vertices: W(5,-1), X(5, 6), Y(2,-1), Z(2, 6)?

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Question 1102974: What is the perimeter and area of the polygon with the given vertices: W(5,-1), X(5, 6), Y(2,-1), Z(2, 6)?
Answer by greenestamps(13209) About Me  (Show Source):
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Make a rough sketch of the polygon. W and X have the same x coordinate, as do Y and Z. So WX and YZ are vertical line segments. And X and Z have the same y coordinate, as do W and Y, so XZ and WY are horizontal line segments.

That makes the polygon a rectangle; finding the area and perimeter should be easy.