What does theme mean when readin a story?

I'm terrible at math any here is appreciated.

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

Why do interests rates on loans to be lower in a weak economy than in a strong one