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A box contains 6 nails and 10 nuts. Half of the nails and half of the nuts are rusted. If one item is chosen at random, the probability that is rusted or is a nail is ......

A

`(3)/(16)`

B

`(5)/(16)`

C

`(11)/(16)`

D

`(14)/(16)`

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