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.

Q: Problem: last year elaine spent 20 % of her annual earnings on rent. this year she earned 35 % more than last year and she spent 30 % of her annual earnings on rent. the amount she spent on rent this year is what percent of the amount spent on rent last year ?
Options: a. 202.5, b. 194.5, c. 197.5, d. 182.5, e. 177.5

A: a
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Q: Problem: 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 7 miles per day and it will take them two days, how many miles long is the route down the mountain ?
Options: a. 18, b. 19, c. 20, d. 21, e. 22

A: d
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Q: Problem: 892.7 – 573.07 – 95.007 = ?
Options: a. 224.623, b. 224.777, c. 233.523, d. 414.637, e. none of these

A:
a
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