A box contains 5 plain pencils and 3 pens. A second box contains 4 color pencils and 4 crayons. 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?
Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

Answer

The chance of a pen being chosen from the first box is 3 out of 8 (3/8). The chance of a crayon from the second box is 4 out of 8 (4/8).

Step-by-step explanation:

There are 5 plain pencils and 3 crayons. So 5+3=8.

There are 4 colored pencils and 4 crayons. So 4+4=8.

1/4 and 8/3 because:

the reciprocal if 4 is 1/4 because 4 is used as 4/1 and the opposite of that is 1/4. the opposite of 3/8 is 8/3 so that is the answer.