Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Problem: in a certain animal population , for each of the first 3 months of life , the probability that an animal will die during that month is 1 / 8 . for a group of 200 newborn members of the population , approximately how many would be expected to survive the first 3 months of life ? 
Options: a ) 134 , b ) 146 , c ) 152 , d ) 162 , e ) 170
Output (English): a