First, by using the distance formula for just one side, we can find the length of all sides (a square has 4 equal sides.) Then, we can apply the area of a square formula, which is a^2.
Distance formula:
√((-2 + 5)^2 + (-8 + 4)^2)
√((3)^2 + (4)^2)
√9 + 16
√25
5
The side lengths of the square are each equal to 5, and by applying the formula for area, we can find the area of the square.
5^2 = 25
<h3>The area is 25.</h3>
<u>Find the slope of the perpendicular line</u>
When two lines are perpendicular, the product of their slopes is -1. This means that the slopes are negative-reciprocals of each other.
⇒ if the slope of this line = 2 (y = 2x + 2)
then the slope of the perpendicular line (m) = - ¹/₂
<u>Determine the equation</u>
We can now use the point-slope form (y - y₁) = m(x - x₁)) to write the equation for this line:
⇒ y - 3 = - ¹/₂ (x - 4)
We can also write the equation in the slope-intercept form by making y the subject of the equation and expanding the bracket to simplify:
since y - 3 = - ¹/₂ (x - 4)
y = - ¹/₂ x + 5 (in slope-intercept form)
