Complete Question: You are building a shelf that fits in a corner in the figure the entire shelf is XYZ each unit in the coordinate plane represents one inch find the area of the shelf.
Answer:
112.5 units²
Step-by-step explanation:
Area of the shelf = ½*base*height.
The base is the distance between Z(0, 5) and Y(15, 5)
The height is the distance between X(15, 20) and Y(15, 5).
Therefore area of the shelf = ½*ZY*XY
Use the distance formula to find ZY and XY.
Distance between Z(0, 5) and Y(15, 5):
Let,
Distance between X(15, 20) and Y(15, 5):
Let,
Area of shelf = ½*15*15 = ½*225 = 112.5 units²