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A school has five houses A,B,C,D and E. A class has 23 students, 4 from house A, 8 from house B, 5 from house student is selected at random to be a class monitor. The probability that the selected student is not from A,B and C is

A

`(4)/(23)`

B

`(6)/(23)`

C

`(8)/(23)`

D

`(17)/(23)`

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