Are you going based on an article?
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in my opinion it's letter c
3. would be/knew how
The first blank must be future tense because the word after it ends in -ing
The second blank must be ____ how, and it must be past tense, so knew how. She knows <em><u /></em><em>why </em>the business would be started, to provide a great public service, but not <em>how</em>.
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maybe you can say, the rope wirings connecting to the bottom of the ship were loose or unsteady and use this as a support foreshadow later when the fierce Strom hits' the rope sinks into the ocean,