Prove that the points A (4, 3), B (6, 4), C (5, −6) and D (3, −7) in that order are the vertices of a parallelogram.
Given points A (4, 3), B (6, 4), C (5, −6) and D (3, −7).
We have to prove that these points form vertices of a parallelogram.
The above four points will form 4 line segments.
AB, BC, CD, AD
We know that length of a line segment having coordinates
$=\sqrt{\left(x_{2}-x_{1}\right)^{2}+\left(y_{2}-y_{1}\right)^{2}}$
Therefore
$A B=\sqrt{(6-4)^{2}+(4-3)^{2}}$
$=\sqrt{4+1}$
$=\sqrt{5}$
$B C=\sqrt{(5-6)^{2}+(-6-4)^{2}}$
$=\sqrt{1+100}$
$=\sqrt{101}$
$C D=\sqrt{(3-5)^{2}+(-7-(-6))^{2}}$
$=\sqrt{4+1}$
$=\sqrt{5}$
$A D=\sqrt{(4-3)^{2}+(3-(-7))^{2}}$
$=\sqrt{1+100}$
$=\sqrt{101}$
It can be seen that AB = CD , BC = AD
Since opposite sides are equal, ABCD is a parallelogram
Hence proved.