Given that the points form a figure with 4 right angles, do the points (2, 2) , (12, -5) and (12, -5 ) represent the vertices of a square or a rectangle? please Explain.

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Given that the points form a figure with 4 right angles, do the points (2, 2) , (12, -5) and (12, -5 )  represent the vertices of a square or a rectangle? please Explain.

anonymous · Answer

"(12,-5) and (12,-5)"?

anonymous · Answer

oh sorry (2, 2) , (12, 2) , (12, -5) and (2, -5)

blacksteel · Answer

Well, we can see that the difference in the x values (2 and 12) is 10, while the difference in the y values (-5 and 2) is 7. Thus, the figure we form will have sides parallel to the x axis of length 10 and sides parallel to the y axis of length 7. Since a figure is a square only if all 4 sides are of the same length, the resulting shape is a rectangle.