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Consider a composite slab consisting of two different materials having equal thickness and thermal conductivities K and 2K respectively. The equivalent thermal conductivity of the slab is

A

`2/3 k`

B

`sqrt(2k)`

C

3k

D

`((4)/(3))k`

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