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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? a) 6 b) 8 c) 14 d) 20

The dolphins at the webster are fed 1/2 of a bucket of fish each day the sea otters are fed 1/2 as much fish as the dolphins how many buckets of fish are the sea fed each day? simplify you answer and write it as a proper fraction or as a whole or mixed number

What is the missing step in this proof ?