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In a workshop, there are five machines and the probability of any one of them to be out of service on a day is `(1)/(4)`. If the probability that at most two machines will be out of service on the same day is `((3)/(4))^(3)`k, then k is equal to :

A

`17/8`

B

`17/4`

C

`17/2`

D

`4`

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