Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Problem: patrick purchased 90 pencils and sold them at a loss equal to the selling price of 40 pencils . the cost of 90 pencils is how many times the selling price of 90 pencils ? 
Options: a ) 0.75 , b ) 0.8 , c ) 1 , d ) 1.2 , e ) 1.44
Output (English): e