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Algebra Difficulty 3.0 AMC 10/12 Find the answer United Kingdom

In a school, one fifth of the students have blue eyes. One tenth of the left-handed students have blue eyes. One quarter of the right-handed students have blue eyes. What fraction of the students are left-handed?

(A) 13\dfrac{1}{3} (B) 14\dfrac{1}{4} (C) 15\dfrac{1}{5} (D) 18\dfrac{1}{8} (E) 110\dfrac{1}{10}

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