This is more of a psychology question than an English question, but coping mechanisms in general are all used to deal with stress. Stress covers a variety of influences as anything that affects one's mental or physical state.
Explanation:
external conflicts are when a character vs nature, society, technology, or another character. internal conflicts are when a character vs himself or herself. internal and external conflicts can make a character think or act a certain way to reveal a theme. external conflicts are identified by looking for what is stopping the character other than themselves. internal conflicts are identified by looking why and how the character is holding themselves back. Hopefully this helps you understand this concept better.
Answer:
The streets are unusually crowded.
Explanation:
From the text we understand that the traffic is unusually heavy and that there had never been so many people driving in the quiet neighbourhood.
The answer is 10 because when the kid turns 6 the brother would be 1 and when the kid is 7 the brother will be 2 and so on. or you can subtract 15-5