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A box contains 3 blue and 2 red pens while another box contains 2 blue and 5 red pens. a pen drawn at random from one of the boxes turns out to be blue. what is the probability that it came from the first box

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  1. 16 May, 20:31
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    There are 5 blue pens total, 3 are from the first box and 2 are from the second. The probability of pulling a blue pen from the first box and not the second is 3/5.
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