The average 6-year-old answers 25 out of 50 questions correctly on a numerical test. Bailey, a 10-year-old girl, takes the same test and answers 25 questions correctly. In the French psychologist Alfred Binet's terms, Bailey has a mental age of ________ years.
A. 6
B. 16
C. 4
D. 10
Answer: A
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