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Mustafa plays a game where he can score 0, 5, 10, 15 or 20 points.

The random variable XXX, representing the number of points scored, has the following probability distribution, where a a\,a and b b\,b are constants.

xxx05101520
P(X=x)P(X=x)P(X=x)aaa0.2bbb0.150.3

The probability of scoring more than 5 is three times the probability of scoring 5 or less.

Mustafa plays the game twice and adds the scores together. Each game is independent of the previous game.

Calculate the probability that the total score is 25 points.

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