How can you use absolute value to represent a negative number in a real world solution

David is spreading mulch on a triangular area of his flower bed. the coordinates of the vertices of the area are (1, 3), (9, 3), and (4, 6). what is the area of the triangle if each square has an area of 3 square feet?

Suppose a store sells an average of 80 cases of soda per day. assume that each case contains 24 cans of soda and that the store is open 10 hours per day. find the average number of soda that the store sells per hour.

About 9% of th population is hopelessly romantic. if 2 people are randomly selected from the population, what is the probability that at least 1 person is hopelessly romantic?