Multiple choice

A bag contains 6 pens and 4 pencils. Two items are picked at random without replacement. Find the probability of selecting one of each.

  1. 0.528

  2. 0.534

  3. 0.541

  4. 0.552
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Total items = 10. Ways to pick one pen (6) and one pencil (4) is 6 * 4 = 24. Total ways to pick 2 items is 10C2 = 45. Probability = 24/45 = 8/15 = 0.5333... which rounds to 0.534.

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