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In a bag there are 15 red and 5 white balls. Two balls are chosen at random and one is found to be red. The probability that the second one is also red is .

A

`(12)/(19)`

B

`(13)/(19)`

C

`(14)/(19)`

D

`(15)/(19)`.

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