Question

Given that the points (-7, 6), (3, 6), (3, -6), and (-7, -6) are vertices of a rectangle, how much longer is the length than the width?

Answer 1

It helps to draw a picture.

Length is 6-(-6)=6+6=12 and width=3–(-7)=3+7=10.

So it’s 2 units longer than it is wide.