Five horses are in a race. $Mr. \,A$ selects two of the horses at random and bets on them. The probability that $Mr.\, A$ selected the winning horse is

  • [AIEEE 2003]
  • A

    $\frac{4}{5}$

  • B

    $\frac{3}{5}$

  • C

    $\frac{1}{5}$

  • D

    $\frac{2}{5}$

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