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The probability that a red marble selected at random from a jar containing x red, y blue and z green marbles is ______

A

`y/(x + y + z)`

B

`(x + z)/(x + y + z)`

C

`x/(x + y + z)`

D

`(y + z)/(x + y + z)`

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C
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