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A box contains 3 plain pencils and 3 pens. A second box contains 7 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?

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A box contains 3 plain pencils and 3 pens. A second box contains 7 color pencils and-example-1
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