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A husband and wife appear in an interview for two vacancies in the same post .The probability of husband 's selection is 1/7 and that of wife's 1/5
What is the probability that only one of them will be selected ?

A

`6/7`

B

`4/35`

C

`6/35`

D

`2/7`

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