You did everything right. You leave "t" by itself because you don't have a given time frame. But I'll say you used the correct formula and showed your work well.
Answer:
The answer to the system of equations is 4, -4
Answer:
Stephen has 9 trees
Alice has 21 trees
Step-by-step explanation:
<u>At the beginning:</u>
Stephen = x trees
Alice = x + 12 trees
<u>At the end:</u>
Alice = (x + 12) - 4 trees
Stephen = x + 10 trees
Total = 36
Then

Stephen - 9 trees
Alice - 9 + 12 = 21 trees
I believe the shorter sides are 5 feet and the longer ones are 10. This is because when you add up the two shorter sides as 10, and the other two as 20, then add them up to 30. That's the perimeter. For the area, you would do 10•5 to get 50 for the area