English Deutsch Français Italiano Español Português 繁體中文 Bahasa Indonesia Tiếng Việt ภาษาไทย
All categories

Prove that points A(5, 1), B(2, 4), C(-4, 2) and D(-1, -1) represent the vertices of a parallelogram. Show all your work and explain your solution.

2007-10-11 14:03:58 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Mathematics

2 answers

vector AD = coordinates of D - coordinates of A = (-6, -2)
vector BC = (-6, -2): so AD and BC are parallel and of equal length
Also, vector AB = (3, -3) and vector DC = (3, -3), so AB and DC are parallel and of equal length.
So ADCB is a parallelogram.

2007-10-11 14:08:17 · answer #1 · answered by Scarlet Manuka 7 · 0 0

put it in a graphing paper.

2007-10-11 21:07:55 · answer #2 · answered by ʌ_ʍ ʍr.smile 6 · 0 0

fedest.com, questions and answers