Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Problem: the cost to park a car in a certain parking garage is $ 12.00 for up to 2 hours of parking and $ 1.75 for each hour in excess of 2 hours . what is the average ( arithmetic mean ) cost per hour to park a car in the parking garage for 9 hours ? 
Options: a ) $ 1.09 , b ) $ 2.69 , c ) $ 2.25 , d ) $ 2.37 , e ) $ 2.50
Output (English): b