Catherine is creating a piece of art on the coordinate plane. One shape has vertices at (-4, -2), (2,3), and (-4, 5). What is the area, in square units, of this shape?

hello :

by applying the distributive property :

6 × 4.3 = 6 × ( 4 + 0.3 )

            =   (6 ×   4) + (6 ×   0.3)

            = 24 + 1.8

6 × 4.3 = 25.8

you have 6 equal triangles, find the area of one of them (b*h/2) and multiply by 6

(8*4: 2)*6 =

32 cm² is your answer