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A bag contains x white balls, 24 red balls and y black balls. A ball is drawn at random from the bag. If the probability that the drawn ball is white, is \[\frac{1}{4}\] and the probability that the drawn ball is black, is \[\frac{5}{12},\] then the values of x and y are respectively _______.

A)  16 and 32                    

B)  18 and 30

C)  20 and 28                    

D)  22 and 26

E)  None of these