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A problem in Mathematics is given to three students whose chances of solving it are `(1)/(2),(1)/(3),(1)/(4)`.
What is the probability in the following cases ?
(i) that the problem is solved
(ii) only one (exactly one) of them solves it correctly
(iii) at least one of them may solve it.

A

`(1)/(4)`

B

`(3)/(4)`

C

`(17)/(24)`

D

`(11)/(24)`

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