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From a survey conducted in a cancer hospital it is found that `10%` of the patients were alcoholics, `30%` chew gutka and `40%` have no specific carcinogenic habits. If cancer strikes `80%` of the smokers, `70%` of alcoholics, `50%` of the non specific, then estimateic the probability that a cancer patient chosen from any one of the above types, selected at random,
has no specific carcinogenic habits.

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The correct Answer is:
(i) `(8)/(21)`
(ii) `(1)/(6)`
(iii) `(5)/(14)`
(iv) `(2)/(21)`
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