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Find the area of the parallelogram with vertices $A(-3,0),$$B(-1,3), C(5,2),$ and $D(3,-1)$
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We have vector $\overrightarrow{BC}$ which equals $(5-(-1), 2-3) = (6, -1)$ and vector $\overrightarrow{BD}$ which equals $(3-(-1), -1-3) = (4, -4)$. Show more…
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