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A box contains 5 plain pencils and 5 pens. A second box contains 7 color pencils and 1 crayon. One item from each box is chosen at random. What is the probability that a plain pencil from the first box
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A box contains 5 plain pencils and 5 pens. A second box contains 7 color pencils and 1 crayon. 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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Answer: 1 out of 5 for the first box and 1 out of 7 for the second box

( in simplest form)

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