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A man and a woman appear in an interview for two vacancies in the same post. The probability of mans selection of 1/4 and that the womans selection is 1/3. What is the probability that none of them will be selected?

A

`(1)/(3)`

B

`(1)/(12)`

C

`(1)/(4)`

D

`(2)/(3)`

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