Why are rules important to follow in order to correctly graph and analyze patterns?

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.

Five dinosaurs go for a walk and come across some lovely chicken wings. their names are rexy, bronto, steggy, paly, and terry. there are exactly 5 dozen wings(equal enough for each dino to have a dozen right? ); however, terry is on a diet and he only eats 6 wings. if paly eats 2 more than terry, steggy eats 4 more than paly, and bronto and rexy eat the same amount because they are really hungry from not eating all day, how many chicken wings did each dino eat?

Can some one explain this i got sent this. is this a threat i’m scared