Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Problem: in a hostel , the number of students decreased by 5 % and the price of food increased by 20 % over the previous year . if each student consumes the same amount of food then by how much should the consumption of food be cut short by every student , so that the total cost of the food remains the same as that of the previous year ? 
Options: a ) 19 % , b ) 12.3 % , c ) 25 % , d ) 40 % , e ) 9.4 %
Output (English): b