10. Find the area of a rhombus if its vertices are (3, 0), (4, 5), (– 1, 4) and (– 2, – 1) taken in order.
From the figure:
Let the vertices of the rhombus are:
Area of the rhombus ABCD is given by;
Hence we have to find the lengths of the diagonals AC and BD of the rhombus.
The distance formula:
Length of the diagonal AC:
Length of the diagonal BD:
Thus, the area will be,