Jeff has 5 red pens and 1 blue pen in his backpack. He also has 1 yellow highlighter and 4 green highlighters in his backpack. If he reaches into his backpack and grabs one pen and one highlighter without looking, what is the probability that he will grab a blue pen and a yellow highlighter?

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Casey Lee

Mathematics

27 July, 02:17

Jeff has 5 red pens and 1 blue pen in his backpack. He also has 1 yellow highlighter and 4 green highlighters in his backpack. If he reaches into his backpack and grabs one pen and one highlighter without looking, what is the probability that he will grab a blue pen and a yellow highlighter?

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India Mueller · Answer 1

India Mueller 27 July, 02:21

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Pen - 1/6

highlighter - 1/5

Kailee Rice · Answer 2

1/30 is the answer

He has a probability of 1/6 with getting the blue pen and a probability of 1/5 getting the yellow highlighter. Multiply those together and you get 1/30

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