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Ina certain town, 40% of the people have brown hair, 25% have brown eyes, and 15% have both brown hair and brown eyes. If a person selected at random from the town has brown hair, the probability that he also has brown eyes is `1//5` b. `3//8` c. `1//3` d. `2//3`

A

`1/5`

B

`3/8`

C

`1/3`

D

`2/3`

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