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One Indian and four American men and their wives are to be seated randomely around a circular table . Then the canditional probability that the Indian man is seated adjacent to his wife , given that each American man is seated adjacent to his wife is :

A

`1/2`

B

`1/3`

C

`2/5`

D

`1/5`

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