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Three ships `A ,B ,a n dC` sail from England to India. If the ratio of their arriving safely are 2:5, 3:7, and 6:11, respectively, then the probability of all the ships for arriving safely is `18//595` b. `6//17` c. `3//10` d. `2//7`

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`(18)/(245)`.

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