Question

A box contains 5 plain pencils and 5 pens. A second box contains 3 color pencils and 5 crayon. One item from each box is chosen at random. What is the probability that a pen from the fist box and a crayon from the second box are selected?
In simplest form?

Answer 1

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What is the probability of choosing a pen from the first box? It is 5/10 = 1/2.

 

What is the probability of selecting a crayon from the second box? It is 5/8.

 

The probability of picking a pen from the first box and a crayon from the second box is 5/8 x 1/2 = 5/16.

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