Given a math problem with context and a question and 5 answer choices, the task is to provide the correct answer choice based on the problem. You must choose one of the given answer choices by letter: a, b, c, d, or e; anything else is invalid.

Problem: a 10000 liter tank, half - full of water is being filled from a pipe with a flow rate of 1 kiloliter every 2 minutes. at the same time, the tank is losing water from two drains at a rate of 1 kiloliter every 4 minutes and every 6 minutes. how many minutes does it take to fill the tank completely ?
Options: a. 8, b. 12, c. 18, d. 24, e. 60
e

Problem: if jack walked 8 miles in 1 hour and 15 minutes, what was his rate of walking in miles per hour ?
Options: a. 4, b. 4.5, c. 6, d. 6.4, e. 15
d

Problem: the h. c. f of two numbers is 23 and the other two factors of their l. c. m are 16 and 17. the larger of the two numbers is :
Options: a. 338, b. 278, c. 322, d. 231, e. 391

e