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A ray of light passing through the point (1, 2) reflects on the xaxis at point A and the reflected ray passes through the point (5, 3). Find the coordinates of A.

A

`(13/5,0)`

B

`(5/13,0)`

C

`(-7,0)`

D

None of these

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