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A purse contain n coins of unknown values .a coin is drawn from it at random and is found to be a rupee .Then the chance that it is the only rupee coin in the purse is

A

`(1)/(n)`

B

`(2)/(n+1)`

C

`(2)/((n(n+1)))`

D

`(2)/((n+1))`

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