25% of 96 is what number round to the nearest tenth of necessary

Which statement is always true? a negative exponent cannot be part of an expression's numerator. a negative base raised to the power of 2 has a negative value. a negative base raised to the power of 2 has a positive value. any number to the first power is zero.

In the final round of trivia competition, contestants were asked to name as many states that begin with the letter m as they could in 15 seconds. the bar graph shows the number of states the contestants were able to name. how many contestants participated in the final round of the competition?

1. during first 10 seconds 2. between 10 seconds and 35 seconds 3. during 35 seconds to 40 seconds