Given the task definition and input, reply with output. You are given a mathematical question described with an open-ended vocabulary. Questions in this task involve real-world situations, describing a mathematical problem. You are also given 4 or 5 answer options (associated with "A", "B", "C", "D", "E"). Do not generate anything else apart from one of the following characters: 'A', 'B, 'C', 'D', 'E'. LaTeX mathematical format (the standard way to express mathematical expressions in the typesetting software known as LaTeX) is used to express equations. Each question is solvable with high school math knowledge. Give only one answer for each question.

At a certain party, an executive committee provided one soda for 8 people, one apple for 4 people and one cake for 6 people. If the total number of sodas, apples, and cakes was 78, how many people were at the party?
(A)48 (B)72 (C)96 (D)120 (E)144

E