A box contains 7 plain pencils and 5 pens. A second box contains 5 color pencils and 5 crayons. One item from each box is chosen at random. What is the

probability that a plain pencil from the first box and a color pencil from the second box are selected?

Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

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Paloma Hurley

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26 December, 03:11

A box contains 7 plain pencils and 5 pens. A second box contains 5 color pencils and 5 crayons. One item from each box is chosen at random. What is the

probability that a plain pencil from the first box and a color pencil from the second box are selected?

Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

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Laney Montgomery · Answer 1

the probability that a plain pencil is chosen from the first box is 7/12. And the probability that a color pencil is chosen from the second box is 1/2.