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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?

The sum of two numbers is 58. the first number is 8 less than half the second number. let  c  represent the first number. let  drepresent the second number. which statements about solving for the two numbers are true? check all that apply. the equation    represents the sum of the two numbers. the equation    represents the sentence “the first number is 8 less than half the second number.”the equation    represents the relationship between the two numbers. the equation    represents the sum of the two numbers. the number  d  is 14.the number  c  is 44.the number  c  is 14.the number  d  is 44.

Melanie is buying a bathing suit that costs 39.99. she is given a discount at the cash register of $6.00 when she scratched 15% off on a game piece for a store promotion. what will the sale price of melanie’s bathing suit be?