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An insurance company insured 2000 scooter drivers, 4000 car drivers and 6000 truck drivers . The probability of an accident involving a scooter, car and a truck is `1/100, 3/100` and `3/20` respectively . One of the insured persons meets with an accident. What is the probability that he is a (i) scooter driver (ii) car driver and (iii) truck driver ?

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The correct Answer is:
(i) `(1)/(52)`
(ii) `(3)/(26)`
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