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A man and his wife appear for an interview for two posts. The probability of the husband's selection is `(1)/(7)` and that of the wife's selection is `(1)/(5)` . What is the probability that only one of them will selected

A

a) 1/3

B

b) 1/12

C

c) 1/4

D

d) 2/3

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