How to solve for linear equations by elimination

Avegetable garden and a surrounding path are shaped like a square together are 12 ft wide. the path is 1 feet wide. if one bag of gravel covers 8 square feet, how manu bags are needed to cover the path? round your answers to the nearest tenth.

An initial investment of $100 is now valued at $150. the annual interest rate is 5%, compounded continuously. the equation 100e0.05t = 150 represents the situation, where t is the number of years the money has been invested. about how long has the money been invested? use your calculator and round to the nearest whole number. years

1. are the corresponding angles congruent 2. find the ratios of the corresponding sides 3. is triangle jkl congruent to triangle rst? if so what is the scale factor