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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

Which is the equation of an ellipse with directrices at x = ±4 and foci at (2, 0) and (−2, 0)?

How do you use the elimination method for this question? explain, because i really want to understand!