Is area always unsigned on GRE?

In full practice test beta 1, quant section 2 (hard), question 4, the areas of A and B are equal in magnitude, but A is positive and B is negative, so I selected A. However, I was marked as wrong.

Does the GRE not use negative area in the context of the Cartesian coordinate system?

Thank you!

Yes, area is strictly non-negative.

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