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Two persons A and B throw a (fair) die (six faced cube faces numbered from 1 to 6 ) alternately, starting with. A the first person to get an outcome different from the pervious one by the opponent wins. The probability than B wins is

A

`5/6`

B

`6/7`

C

`7/8`

D

`8/9`

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