How can a model you solve surface area and volume problems

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?

Jermaine has t subway tokens. karen has 4 more subway tokens than jermaine. raul has 5 fewer subway tokens than jermaine. which expression represents the ratio of karen's tokens to raul's tokens

The average daily maximum temperature for laura’s hometown can be modeled by the function f(x)=4.5sin(πx/6)+11.8 , where f(x) is the temperature in °c and x is the month. x = 0 corresponds to january. what is the average daily maximum temperature in may? round to the nearest tenth of a degree if needed. use 3.14 for π .