Andy has a stamp collection with 343 stamps. of these, 296 are from germany. is 40, 50, or 60 a more reasonable estimate for how many stamps are from other countries?

Abank manager wants to encourage new customers to open accounts with principals of at least $2 comma 500. he decides to make a poster advertising a simple interest rate of 3%. what must the principal be if the bank manager also wants to advertise that one can earn $10 the first month? can the poster correctly say, "open an account of $2 comma 500 and earn at least $10 interest in 1 month! "?