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Three six-faced dice are thrown together. The probability that the sum of the numbers appearing on the dice is `k(3 le k le 8)`, is
a. `((k-1)(k-2))/(432)`
b. `(k(k-1))/(432)`
c. `(k^2)/(432)`
d. None of these

A

`((k-1)(k-2))/(432)`

B

`(k(k-1))/(432)`

C

`(k^2)/(432)`

D

None of these

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