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There are 16 coins in bag. Out of which 2 coins are defective having both sides head and remaining coins are good. One coin is selected at random from box and is tossed. Then ........ is the probability of event that head is obtained on it.

A

`(9)/(16)`

B

`(11)/(16)`

C

`(5)/(9)`

D

`(1)/(9)`

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