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Ram and Shyam appear for an interview for two vacancies in an organisation for the same post. The probabilities of their selection are 1/6 and 2/5 respectively. What is the probability that none of them will be selected?

A

`5//6`

B

`1//5`

C

`1//2`

D

`3//5`

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