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.

[Q]: Problem: out of 40 applicants to a law school, 15 majored in political science, 20 had a grade point average higher than 3.0, and 10 did not major in political science and had a gpa equal to or lower than 3.0. how many e applicants majored in political science and had a gpa higher than 3.0 ?
Options: a. 5, b. 10, c. 15, d. 25, e. 35
[A]: a

[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
[A]: e

[Q]: Problem: zachary is helping his younger brother, sterling, learn his multiplication tables. for every question that sterling answers correctly, zachary gives him 3 pieces of candy. for every question that sterling answers incorrectly, zachary takes away two pieces of candy. after 9 questions, if sterling had answered 2 more questions correctly, he would have earned 31 pieces of candy. how many of the 9 questions did zachary answer correctly ?
Options: a. 6, b. 7, c. 8, d. 9, e. 10
[A]:
c