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Given three idential boxes I, II and IIl each containing two coins. In box I, both coins are gold coins, in box II, both are silver coins and in box III, there is one gold coin and one silver coin. A person chooses a box at random and takes out a coin. If the coin is gold, what is the probability that the other coin in the box is also gold.

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`(2)/(3)`
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