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2006 AMC 10A Problem 20

Six distinct positive integers are randomly chosen between 1 and 2006, inclusive. What is the probability that some pair of these integers has a difference that is a multiple of 5?

\mathrm{(A)}\ \frac{1}{2}\qquad\mathrm{(B)}\ \frac{3}{5}\qquad\mathrm{(C)}\ \frac{2}{3}\qquad\mathrm{(D)}\ \frac{4}{5}\qquad\mathrm{(E)}\ 1


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