Four reasons as to why grassroots organizations of the state and local parties have withered are as follows:
1. State parties have struggled a lot to keep their roots intact.
2. Grass root parties have lost their importance because much of the work was carried by county committees
3. The parties at grass root levels have changed because they have struggled to define their roots and existence.
4. These parties had financial issues.
Think of it as a giant chain. You have the President at the top, then followed by the vice president, and so on to the bottom of the chain. if the first link of the chain is broken, then you replace it with the chain link below it. So, the Vice president would replace the President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives would replace the Vice President, and so on.
The sum of 3 fifthteens and 17 fifthteens is 20 fifthteens and 20 fifthteens is expressed as (20 x 15)=300