Angelique invited 42 people to a conference. Of the invitees, 8 people declined, and the rest accepted. On the day of the conference, a snowstorm prevented half of those who accepted from making it to the conference. If no other people accepted or declined, what fraction of Angelique's original invitees attended the conference?
(A)\(\frac { 13 } { 42 } \) (B)\(\frac { 1 } { 3 } \) (C)\(\frac { 5 } { 14 } \) (D)\(\frac { 8 } { 21 } \) (E)\(\frac { 17 } { 42 } \)
E