Question

Central Park is shaped like a rectangle. Two diagonally-opposite corners of the park are located at (-9,7) and (4,-3) on the coordinate plane. If each square on the graph represents one city block, what is the perimeter of Central park?

Answer 1

The distance between the abscissas (x-coordinates) of the points is equal to 13. That of the ordinates (y-coordinates) is equal to 10. Thus, the area is obtained by multiplying these values. The answer is equal to 130 units squared.