A box contains 4 plain pencils and 4 pens. A second box contains 3 color pencils and 1 crayon. One item from each box is chosen at random. What is the

probability that a pen from the first box and a crayon from the second box are selected

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20 May, 18:41

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Emmanuel Ramirez · Answer 1

there is a 50-50 chance that a pen would be pulled out of the 1st box. there a 1-3 chance that the crayon would be chosen

Reese May · Answer 2

50-50 cause there 4 each

So the answer is 5050

A box contains 4 plain pencils and 4 pens. A second box contains 3 color pencils and 1 crayon. One item from each box is chosen at random. What is theprobability that a pen from the first box and a crayon from the second box are selected