Question

6 pencils and 5 crayons are 37.5 inches. 7 pencils and 6 crayons are 44.1 inches. Each pencil is the same length as the other pencils, and each crayon is the same length as the other crayons. What is the length of 1 pencil? What is the length of 1 crayon?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

What is the probability of choosing a pen from the first box? It is 5/8.

What is the probability of selecting a crayon from the second box? It is 3/12 = 1/4.

The probability of picking a pen from the first box and a crayon from the second box is 5/8 x 1/4 = 5/32.