Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285741552
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

APPENDIX B - Coordinate Geometry and Lines - B Exercises - Page A 15: 16

Answer

If ABCD is a Rectangle, than d(AB) = d(CD), d(DA) = d(BC) and AB is perpendicular to DA (a parallelogram with two adjacent perpendicular sides)

Work Step by Step

1. d(AB) = d(CD) 2. d(DA) = d(BC) 3. AB $\perp$ DA 1. d(AB) = d(CD) d(AB) = $\sqrt{(x_b - x_a) + (y_b - y_b)}$ d(AB) = $\sqrt {10^{2}+2^2} $ d(AB) = $\sqrt {104}$ d(CD) = $\sqrt{(x_d - x_c) + (y_d - y_c)}$ d(CD) = $\sqrt {(-10)^2 + (-2)^2}$ d(CD) = $\sqrt{104}$ d(AB) = d(CD) 2. d(DA) = d(BC) d(DA) = $\sqrt{(x_d - x_a) + (y_d - y_a)}$ d(DA) = $\sqrt {1^{2}+(-5)^2} $ d(DA) = $\sqrt {26}$ d(BC) = $\sqrt{(x_c - x_b) + (y_c - y_b)}$ d(BC) = $\sqrt {1^2 + (-5)^2}$ d(BC) = $\sqrt{26}$ d(DA) = d(BC) 3. AB $\perp$ DA $m_{AB}$ $*$ $m_{DA}$ = -1 $m_{AB}$ = $\frac{y_b - y_a}{x_b - x_a}$ $m_{AB}$ = $\frac{2}{10}$ $m_{DA}$ = $\frac{y_d - y_a}{x_d - x_a}$ $m_{DA}$ = $\frac{-5}{1}$ $\frac{2}{10}$ * $\frac{-5}{1}$ = -1 Thus, hence all the conditions are proven, ABCD is a rectangle
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