Given a math problem with context and a question and 5 answer choices, the task is to provide the correct answer choice based on the problem. You must choose one of the given answer choices by letter: a, b, c, d, or e; anything else is invalid.

[EX Q]: Problem: on the independence day, bananas were be equally distributed among the children in a school so that each child would get two bananas. on the particular day 360 children were absent and as a result each child got two extra bananas. find the actual number of children in the school ?
Options: a. 237, b. 287, c. 197, d. 287, e. 720
[EX A]: e

[EX Q]: Problem: what is the smallest number which, when increased by 7, is divisible by 8, 11, and 24 ?
Options: a. 264, b. 257, c. 269, d. 270, e. 282
[EX A]: b

[EX Q]: Problem: the interest on a certain deposit at 4.5 % p. a. is rs. 202.50 in one year. how much will the additional interest in one year be on the same deposit at 5 % p. a ?
Options: a. rs. 20.25, b. rs. 22.50, c. rs. 25, d. rs. 42.75, e. none
[EX A]:
b