Figure ABCD has vertices A(-4,1), B(2, 1), C(2, -5), and D(-4,-3) What is the area of figure ABCD?
24 square units
30 square units
36 square units
45 square units
If you graph this, you can first find the area of the rectangle and then find the area of the triangle. The area of the rectangle would be (6*4) or 24 and the area of the triangle would be 6. You can add those two up to get 30 and there is your answer.
