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For an initial screening of an admission test, a candidate is given fifty problems to solve. If the probability that the candidate can solve any problem is `(4)/(5)` then the probability that he is unable to solve less than two problem is :

A

`(201)/(5)((1)/(5))^(49)`

B

`(164)/(25)((1)/(5))^(48)`

C

`(316)/(25)((4)/(5))^(48)`

D

`(54)/(5)((4)/(5))^(49)`

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D
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