Suppose we have a fuse box containing 14 fuses of which 9 are defective (D). If 2 fuses are selected at random and removed from the box in succession withoutreplacing the firs.The probability that both fuses are defective is

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Suppose we have a fuse box containing 14 fuses of which 9 are defective (D). If 2 fuses are selected at random and removed from the box in succession without replacing the firs.The probability that both fuses are defective is