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A person writes 4 letters and addresses on 4 covers. If these letters are inserted in covers randomly then ....... is the probability that all letters are not in proper cover.

A

`(1)/(4)`

B

`(11)/(24)`

C

`(15)/(24)`

D

`(23)/(24)`

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