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Ram is visiting a friend. Ram knows that his friend has 2 children and 1 of them is a boy. Assuming that a child is equally likely to be a boy or a girl, then the probality that the other child is a girl is

A

`(1)/(2)`

B

`(1)/(3)`

C

`(2)/(3)`

D

`(7)/(10)`

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