A rectangle has vertices W(2,3), X(2,6), Y(7,6), and Z(7,3).

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KiRa [710]3 years ago

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

A rectangle has 4 sides.

2 of them are lengths and 3 of them are widths.

We can simply use coordinate geometry (without graphing) to find side lengths of the rectangle. We will use Distance Formula.

We can find all the 4 lengths by using Distance Formula from points:

W and X

X and Y

Y and Z

W and Z

Note, that we don't need to find all 4 of them individually, because 2 are lengths (same) and 2 are widths (same). Thus we can find

Distance of WX, which would be same as distance of YZ

also

Distance of XY which would be same as distance of WZ

<em><u>Note:</u></em> Distance Formula is $D=\sqrt{(y_2-y_1)^2+(x_2-x_1)^2}$ where D is the distance, x_1, y_1 is the first coordinate points and x_2,y_2 is the second coordinate points

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