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A bag contains 5 brown and 4 white socks. A man pulls out two socks. The probability that these are of the same colour is `5/(108)` b. `(18)/(108)` c. `(31)/(108)` d. `(48)/(108)`

A

`(5)/(108)`

B

`1/6`

C

`5/(18)`

D

`4/9`

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