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A flashlight has 8 batteries out of which 3 are dead. If two batteries are selected without replacement and tested, the probability that both are dead is ..........

A

`(33)/(56)`

B

`(9)/(64)`

C

`(1)/(64)`

D

`(3)/(28)`

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