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A man takes a step forward with probability 0.4 and backward with probability 0.6. Then find the probability that at the end of eleven steps he is one step away from the starting point.

A

`.^C_(6)(0.24)^5`

B

`.^11C_(6)(0.4)^6(0.6)^5`

C

`.^11C_(6)(0.6)^6(0.4)^5`

D

none of these

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