I need help! Find the value of z and simplify completely.

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?

Dean and karlene get paid to write songs. dean is paid a one-time fee of $20 plus $80 per day. karlene is paid a one-time fee of $25 plus $100 per day. write an expression to represent how much a producer will pay to hire both to work the same number of days on a song.

Let m ♣ n be defined as follows: m ♣ n = m^3 - n^3 if x ♣ y = 0, which statement could be true? a) x = 0, y = 1 b) x = 2, y = 2 c) x = -1, y = 0 d) x = -3, y = 3 e) x = 1/2, y = -2