instruction:
You are given a math word problem and you are supposed to make use of mathematical concepts like probability, combinatorics, linear equations, sequences/series, or simple operators like addition, subtraction, division, or multiplication to answer the given question. Choose the best option from the 5 given options and report that option.
question:
Question: A group of hikers is planning a trip that will take them up a mountain using one route and back down using another route. They plan to travel down the mountain at a rate of one and a half times the rate they will use on the way up, but the time each route will take is the same. If they will go up the mountain at a rate of 8 miles per day and it will take them two days, how many miles long is the route down the mountain?

 Option A: 18

 Option B: 20

 Option C: 22

 Option D: 24

 Option E: 25
answer:
Option D


question:
Question: Two out of five employees are capable of doing a certain task. Sixty percent of the five employees, including the two who are capable, are assigned to a project involving this task. what percentage of employees assigned to the project are not capable?

 Option A: 43.33%

 Option B: 33.33%

 Option C: 13.33%

 Option D: 38.33%

 Option E: 23.33%
answer:
Option B


question:
Question: 5% people of a village in Sri Lanka died by bombardment, 15% of the remainder left the village on account of fear. If now the population is reduced to 3553, how much was it in the beginning?

 Option A: 3800

 Option B: 4200

 Option C: 4400

 Option D: 4500

 Option E: 4600
answer:

Option C