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4 American and 1 Indian couple Total 5 couples seats around the circular table at random. If it is given that each American seat near by his wife then ......... is the probability of an event that Indian person can seat near by his wife.

A

`(1)/(2)`

B

`(1)/(3)`

C

`(2)/(5)`

D

`(1)/(5)`

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