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A pair of fair dice is thrown independently three times. The probability of getting a score of exactly 9 twice is (1) 1/729 (2) 8/9 (3) 8/729 (4) 8/243

A

`8/729`

B

`8/243`

C

`1/729`

D

`8/9`

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