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 student took 5 papers in an examination, where the full marks were the same for each paper. his marks in these papers were in the proportion of 6: 7: 8: 9: 10. in all papers together, the candidate obtained 60 % of the total marks then, the number of papers in which he got more than 50 % marks is
Options: a. 1, b. 3, c. 4, d. 5, e. 7
c

Problem: last year elaine spent 20 % of her annual earnings on rent. this year she earned 20 % 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. 185.5, b. 180.0, c. 167.5, d. 172.5, e. 177.5
b

Problem: if a / b = 1 / 3, b / c = 2, c / d = 1 / 2, d / e = 3 and e / f = 1 / 10, then what is the value of abc / def ?
Options: a. 27 / 4, b. 27 / 8, c. 3 / 4, d. 3 / 20, e. 1 / 4
d