A jar contains 10 red marbles numbered 1 to 10 and 12 blue marbles numbered 1 to 12. A marble is drawn at random from the jar. Find the probability of the given event. Write your answers as reduced fractions. (a) The marble is red Your answer is :   ? (b) The marble is odd-numbered Your answer is :   ? (c) The marble is red or odd-numbered Your answer is :   ? (d) The marble is blue and even-numbered Your answer is :   ?

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A jar contains 10 red marbles numbered 1 to 10 and 12 blue marbles numbered 1 to 12. A marble is drawn at random from the jar. Find the probability of the given event. Write your answers as reduced fractions.

(a) The marble is red
Your answer is :   ?

(b) The marble is odd-numbered
Your answer is :   ?

(c) The marble is red or odd-numbered
Your answer is :   ?

(d) The marble is blue and even-numbered
Your answer is :   ?

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