Doing this again since apparently no one can do it... please provide answer and explanation as to how you got there!!

(05.02)a farmer has decided to divide his land area in half in order to plant soy and corn. calculate the area of the entire area so he knows how much soil is needed. a parallelogram with a height of 6 yards and side length 9 yards. the height forms a triangle with the slanted side of the rhombus with a base of 2.5 yards. rhombus is split into a soy half and a corn half. each bag of soil covers 40 square yards. how many bags should the farmer purchase?

Jack has to solve the problem 281-266.how would you tell him to solve the problem ? tell which strategy you would use ,and solve the problem.

15. if the 8% tax on an item amounts to $0.96, what is the final price (tax included) of the item?