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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

`2/3 k`

B

`sqrt(2k)`

C

3k

D

`((4)/(3))k`

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