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Five horses are in a race. Mr. A selects two of the horses at random and bets on them. The probability that Mr. A selected the winning horse is `3//5` b. `1//5` c. `2//5` d. `4//5`

A

`3/5`

B

`2/5`

C

`1/5`

D

`4/5`

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