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Ram is visiting a friend. Ram knows that his friend has 2 children and 1 of them is a boy. Assuming that a child is equally likely to be a boy or a girl, then the probability that the other child is a girl, is

A

`1//2`

B

`1//3`

C

`2//3`

D

`7//10`

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