Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Problem: working alone , mary can pave a driveway in 5 hours and hillary can pave the same driveway in 2 hours . when they work together , mary thrives on teamwork so her rate increases by 33.33 % , but hillary becomes distracted and her rate decreases by 50 % . if they both work together , how many hours will it take to pave the driveway ? 
Options: a ) 2 hours , b ) 4 hours , c ) 5 hours , d ) 6 hours , e ) 7 hours
Output (English): a