Use Coordinates to compute Perimeters and Areas


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Common Core (Geometry)
Common Core for Mathematics




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Examples, solutions, and lessons to help High School students learn how to use coordinates to compute perimeters of polygons and areas of triangles and rectangles, e.g., using the distance formula.

Common Core: HSG-GPE.B.7

Area on the Coordinate Plane
Common Core State Standards G-GPE.7.
Find the area of triangles and rectangles on a coordinate plane.

Area and perimeter of polygons in coordinate plane




Perimeter and Area in the Coordinate Plane
This video will explain how to use the coordinate plane to find the area and perimeter of shapes.

Perimeter and Area in the Coordinate Plane



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