Points A(-2,3), B(-5,-4), and C(2,-1) form triangle ABC on a coordinate plane. What is the area of this triangle in square units
?
2 answers:
1. Draw an accurate picture of the triangle in
the coordinate axes, as shown in the attached picture.<span>
<span>2. Circumscribe a rectangle about the triangle, as shown in
the picture. The coordinates of the points M, N, T are easily identifiable as shown in the
picture.</span>
<span>3. The area of the triangle ABC is The area of
the rectangle - Area 1- Area 2- Area 3.</span>
Area 1 = 1/2(3*7)=21/2
Area 2 = 1/2(4*4)=1/2*16=8
<span>Area 3 = 1/2( 3*7)=21/2</span>
<span>Area 1+Area 2+Area 3=21/2+21/2+8=21+8=29 (units squared)</span>
<span>Area rectangle= 7*7=49 (units squared)</span>
<span>Answer: Area of triangle is 20 units squared.</span></span>
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<h3>Answer with explanation:</h3>
It is given that:
Circle 1 has center (−4, −7) and a radius of 12 cm.
Circle 2 has center (3, 4) and a radius of 15 cm.
Two circles are said to be similar if by some translation and dilation it could be placed over the other to form the same circle.
The circles are similar because the transformation rule ( x,y ) → (x+7,y+11) can be applied to Circle 1 and then dilate it using a scale factor of 5/4
( Since, as the center of circle 1 is (-4,-7)
so,
(-4+7,-7+11) → (3,4)
( Since, the radius of circle 1 is 12 and that of circle 2 is 15 cm.
so, let the scale factor be k .
that means :
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