Suppose Jack and Kate are at the town fair and are choosing which game to play. The first game has a bag with four marbles in it-1 red marble and 3 blue ones. The player draws one marble from the bag; if it is red, $20 is won, and if it is blue, $1 is won. The second game has a bag with 10 marbles in it-1 red, 4 blue, and 5 green. The player draws one marble from the bag; $20 is won if it is red, $5 is won if it is blue, and $1 is won if it is green. Both games cost $5 to play.The probability of drawing a red marble is: A)10 percent in both games. B)10 percent in the first game and 25 percent in the second game. C)25 percent in the first game and 10 percent in the second game. D)25 percent in both games.

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In the first game, there is 1 red marble out of 4, so the probability is 1/4 or 25%. In the second game, there is 1 red marble out of 10, so the probability is 1/10 or 10%.

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