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Side length is a difference of coordinates.

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A rectangle has width 6 and height 4 on the coordinate plane.

Coordinates locate corners. Side length is the absolute difference of the matching coordinates. Area then uses those lengths.

Problem 1 of 8. What we learned, an example, a few together, then independent practice.

A rectangle on the plane is 7 units wide and 4 units tall. What is its area?

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