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In a college 12 % students fails in mathematics, 25% fails in physics and 12% fails in both subjects. One student is selected at random. Then ………… is the probability of an event that student fail in Maths if he fail in physics.

A

`(1)/(20)`

B

`(3)/(25)`

C

`(12)/(25)`

D

`(3)/(5)`

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