What is the area of a rectangle with vertices at (−3, −1)(−3, −1) , (1, 3)(1, 3) , (3, 1)(3, 1) , and (−1, −3)(−1, −3) ?

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What is the area of a rectangle with vertices at (−3, −1)(−3, −1) , (1, 3)(1, 3) , (3, 1)(3, 1) , and (−1, −3)(−1, −3) ?

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mathmale · Answer

Curious:  Why are you typing in each set of coordinates twice?  
A rectangle has 4 vertices, no more, no less.   Please graph these four vertices.  Find the length and width of the rectangle (you might want to use the distance formula for that).  How would you then find the area of the rectangle?