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A husband and wife appear in an interview of vacancies in the same post. The probability of husband's election is `(1)/(6)` and that of wife's selection is `(1)/(5)` . What is the probability that (i) both of them will be selected, (ii) only one of them will be selected, (iii) none of them will be selected ?

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