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 can do a job in 15 days and b in 20 days. if they work on it together for 4 days, then the fraction of the work that is left is ?
Options: a. 2 / 15, b. 8 / 15, c. 3 / 11, d. 1 / 12, e. 6 / 13
b

Problem: a person ' s present age is two - fifth of the age of his mother. after 8 years, he will be one - half of the age of his mother. how old is the mother at present
Options: a. 38, b. 40, c. 42, d. 44, e. 45
b

Problem: if the price of petrol increases by 40, by how much must a user cut down his consumption so that his expenditure on petrol remains constant ?
Options: a. 25 %, b. 20 %, c. 16.67 %, d. 28.6 %, e. none of these
d