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In a certain town, 40% of the people have brown hair, 25% have brown eyes, and 15% have both brown hair and brown eyes. If a person selected at random from the town has brown hair, the probability that he also has brown eyes is

A

`4//27`

B

`5//38`

C

`1//8`

D

`9//80`

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