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A purse contains 6 Silver coins and 3 Gold coins. Another purse contains 4 Silver coins and 5 Gold coins. A purse is selected at random and a coin is drawn from it. It's known that a coin is Gold then what is the probability that a Gold coin is selected from another `(II^(nd))` purse?

A

`(5)/(9)`

B

`(3)/(8)`

C

`(5)/(18)`

D

`(2)/(9)`

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