In what ways are equations useful

"you know, playing tennis is healthier than watching a tennis match on television," katya remarked to her couch potato brother. in this sentence, healthier is a/an a. superlative. b. comparative. c. positive form. d. adverb.

Max recorded the heights of 500 male humans. he found that the heights were normally distributed around a mean of 177 centimeters. which statements about max’s data must be true? a) the median of max’s data is 250 b) more than half of the data points max recorded were 177 centimeters. c) a data point chosen at random is as likely to be above the mean as it is to be below the mean. d) every height within three standard deviations of the mean is equally likely to be chosen if a data point is selected at random.

My hour hand points between the 8 and the 9 in 35 minutes it will be the next hour. what time is it ?