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There are 87 balls in a jar. Each ball is painted with at least one of two colours, red or green. It is ovserved that 2/7 of the balls that have red color also have green color, while 3/7 of the balls that have green color also have red color. What fraction of the balls in the jar have both both red and green colors?

A

`6//14`

B

`2//7`

C

`6//35`

D

`6//29`

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