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Perimeters and Areas Use your knowledge of perimeters and areas to solve these real world problems. 1. A grand tour of four cities begins at city A and makes successive stops at cities B, C, and D before returning to city A. If the cities are located as shown in the accompanying figure, find the total distance covered on the tour. The units are in miles. C(-800,800) B(400,300) D(-800,0) A(0,0) 2. The tour described in problem 1 traced out a quadrilateral. Find the number of square miles that were surrounded.

          Perimeters and Areas
Use your knowledge of perimeters and areas to solve these real world problems.
1. A grand tour of four cities begins at city A and makes successive stops at cities B, C,
and D before returning to city A. If the cities are located as shown in the
accompanying figure, find the total distance covered on the tour. The units are in
miles.
C(-800,800)
B(400,300)
D(-800,0)
A(0,0)
2. The tour described in problem 1 traced out a quadrilateral. Find the number of
square miles that were surrounded.

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Perimeters and Areas
Use your knowledge of perimeters and areas to solve these real world problems.
1. A grand tour of four cities begins at city A and makes successive stops at cities B, C,
and D before returning to city A. If the cities are located as shown in the
accompanying figure, find the total distance covered on the tour. The units are in
miles.
C(-800,800)
B(400,300)
D(-800,0)
A(0,0)
2. The tour described in problem 1 traced out a quadrilateral. Find the number of
square miles that were surrounded.

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Elementary and Intermediate Algebra

Alan S. Tussy, R. David Gustafson 5th Edition

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Solved by Expert Jessica Madison

09/03/2022

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Area = 1/2 * base * height Area = 1/2 * 500 * 1200 Area = 300,000 square miles Show more…

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Perimeters and Areas Use your knowledge of perimeters and areas to solve these real-world problems. 1. A grand tour of four cities begins at city A and makes successive stops at cities B, C, and D before returning to city A. If the cities are located as shown in the accompanying figure, find the total distance covered on the tour. The units are in miles. C(-800,800) B(400,300) D(-800,0) A(0,0) 2. The tour described in problem 1 traced out a quadrilateral. Find the number of square miles that were surrounded:

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