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Consider a compound slab consisting of two different material having equal thickness and thermal conductivities `K` and `2K` respectively. The equivalent thermal conductivity of the slab is

A

`4/3K`

B

`2/3K`

C

`sqrt(3)K`

D

`3K`

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