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In a hostel, 60% of the students read Hindi news paper, 40% read English news paper and 20% read both Hindi and English news papers. A student is selected at random. Find the probability that she reads neither Hindi nor English news papers.

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(a) `(1)/(5)`
(b) `(1)/(3)`
(c ) `(1)/(2)`
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