instruction:
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.
question:
Problem: a gardener grows cabbages in her garden that is in the shape of a square. each cabbage takes 1 square feet of area in her garden. this year, she has increased her output by 193 cabbages as compared to last year. the shape of the area used for growing the cabbages has remained a square in both these years. how many cabbages did she produce this year ?
Options: a. 8,208, b. 9,409, c. 11,424, d. 12,586, e. can not be determined
answer:
b

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Problem: bottle r contains 350 capsules and costs $ 6.25. bottle t contains 130 capsules and costs $ 2.99. what is the difference between the cost per capsule for bottle r and the cost per capsule for bottle t ?
Options: a. $ 0.25, b. $ 0.12, c. $ 0.0052, d. $ 0.003, e. $ 0.002
answer:
c

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Problem: a club wants to mix 25 pounds of candy worth $ 8.00 per pound with candy worth $ 5.00 per pound to reduce the cost of the mixture to $ 6.00 per pound. how many pounds of the $ 5.00 per pound candy should be used ?
Options: a. 30, b. 40, c. 50, d. 60, e. 70
answer:
c