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A complete cycle of a traffic light takes 60s. During each cycle the light is green for 25s, yellow for 5s and red for 30s. At a randomly chosen time, the probability that the light will not be green , is a)`1/3` b)`1/4` c)`4/12` d)`7/12`

A

`1/3`

B

`1/4`

C

`4/12`

D

`7/12`

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