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.

Ex Input:
Problem: a person buys an article at $ 600. at what price should he sell the article so as to make a profit of 8 % ?
Options: a. 670, b. 689, c. 648, d. 740, e. 889

Ex Output:
c

Ex Input:
Problem: a monkey ascends a greased pole 10 meters high. he ascends 2 meters in the first minute and then slips down 1 meter in the alternate minute. if this pattern continues until he climbs the pole, in how many minutes would he reach at the top of the pole ?
Options: a. 10 th minute, b. 21 st minute, c. 17 th minute, d. 22 nd minute, e. 13 th minute

Ex Output:
c

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Problem: if each participant of a chess tournament plays exactly one game with each of the remaining participants, then 153 games will be played during the tournament. find the number of participants.
Options: a. 15, b. 16, c. 17, d. 18, e. 19

Ex Output:
d