Triangle JKL, with vertices J(2,-6), K(8,-9), and L(5,-2), is drawn on the coordinate grid below. What is the area, in square units, of triangle JKL?

Apackage of bacon holds 15 strips of bacon. the pancake house uses 17 packages of bacon in the morning and 21 packages in the afternoon. how many more strips were used in the afternoon than the morning?

Find the balance at the end of 4 years if 1000 is deposited at the rate of

Steve wants to develop a way to find the total cost of any item including sales tax. the sales tax in his city is 6%. his friend jenna writes the expression x + 6x where x is the cost of the item. explain whether her expression is correct based on the situation.