Area And Perimeter In The Coordinate Plane

Question

Calculate the perimeter and area of the triangle formed by the coordinates K (-4, -1), L (-2, 2), and M (3, -1)

Round the answer to two decimal places

perimeter= ______ units

area=_________ units^2

Answer 1

Draw and label a diagram!

For the perimater, use the distacne formula to calculate KL and KM.What is length og MK (look at the diagram)

For the area, what is the length of the base? What is the height?