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A number 'a' is selected from the numbers 1, 2, 3 and then the second number 'b' is randomly selected from the numbers 1, 4 and 9. The probability that the product 'ab' of the two numbers will be less than 8 is _____.

A) \[\frac{4}{9}\] 

B) \[\frac{1}{3}\]

C) \[\frac{5}{9}\]                         

D) \[\frac{2}{9}\]

E)  None of these