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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

`sqrt(2K)`

B

3K

C

`(4)/(3)K`

D

`(2)/(3)K`

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