Dominick drew a triangle on a map connecting his house, his school, and his favorite skate park. He used a scale on the map to determine that the height of the triangle that he drew represented 2 miles, and the base of the triangle that he drew represented 6 miles. What is the area of the triangle in square miles?

A triangle has points: House, skate park, school. The height of the triangle is 2 miles and the base is 6 miles.

Use the formula for the area of a triangle, A = one-half b h, where A is the area of the triangle, b is the base, and h is the height.

Square miles

Desmond wants to sell his car that he paid $8,000 for 2 years ago. the car depreciated, or decreased in value, at a constant rate each month over a 2-year period. if x represents the monthly depreciation amount, which expression shows how much desmond can sell his car for today? 8,000 + 24x 8,000 - 24x 8,000 + 2x 8,000 - 2xdesmond wants to sell his car that he paid $8,000 for 2 years ago. the car depreciated, or decreased in value, at a constant rate each month over a 2-year period. if x represents the monthly depreciation amount, which expression shows how much desmond can sell his car for today? 8,000 + 24x 8,000 - 24x 8,000 + 2x 8,000 - 2x