The last case was special because the distance of a point from the origin is the
of the sum of the
of the x and y coordinates.
The distance formula is just an extension of the
formula to any two points in a
plane.

He trapezoid is composed of a rectangle and two triangles. what is the area of the rectangle? what is the total area of the triangles? what is the area of the trapezoid? ? a) 42 cm2; 27 cm2; 69 cm 2 b) 54 cm2; 27 cm2; 81 cm 2 c) 108 cm2; 27 cm2; 135 cm 2 d) 108 cm2; 13.5 cm2; 121.5 cm 2