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A husband and wife appear in an interview for two vacancies in the same post. The probability of husband's selection is 1/5 and that of wife's selection is 1/3. What is the probability that only one of them will be selected ?

A

`5/7`

B

`1/5`

C

`2/7`

D

`2/35`

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