Please help me due today!!

Why should characters such as / \ " ' * ; - ? [ ] ( ) ~ ! $ { } < > # @ & | space, tab, and newline be avoided in file names?

Write a program that reads a file consisting of students’ test scores in the range 0–200. it should then determine the number of students having scores in each of the following ranges: 0–24, 25–49, 50–74, 75–99, 100–124, 125–149, 150–174, and 175–200. output the score ranges and the number of students. (run your program with the following input data: 76, 89, 150, 135, 200, 76, 12, 100, 150, 28, 178, 189, 167, 200, 175, 150, 87, 99, 129, 149, 176, 200, 87, 35, 157, 189.)

Ihave been given the number of guns per 100, and the total firearm-related deaths per 100,000. i have to find the actual number of guns per country and actual number of gun-related deaths. if somebody could show me how to do 1 question, i can finish the rest, i am just confused. tia