Help I don’t understand direct variation

Two lines parallel to a third line are parallel to each other. always sometimes or never

How many of the 250 grandparents in the population would you expect to prefer online shopping with merchant a? merchant a: 4 merchant b: 6 merchant c: 2 merchant d: 3 other: 5 none: 5 answer choices: a.about 4 b.about 8 c.about 40 d.about 21

Calculate the average rate of change over the interval [1, 3] for the following function. f(x)=4(5)^x a. -260 b. 260 c. 240 d. -240