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A science class has 6 girls and 2 boys in the seventh grade and 5 girls and 7 boys in the eighth grade. The teacher randomly selects a seventh grader and a eighth grader from the class for a competition. What is the probability that the students she selects are both boys? write the fraction in simplest form

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9/11
percent ok your welcome just simplifly
User Richard A
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2/8 for 7th graders and 7/12 for 8th graders so 7/48 probability in total
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