SOLUTION: A box contains 14 crayons. 11 crayons are purple (P) and 3 crayons are brown (B). You remove one crayon and put it back into the box. Then, you take out another crayon. Construc

Question 1162205: A box contains 14 crayons. 11 crayons are purple (P) and 3 crayons are brown (B). You remove one crayon and put it back into the box. Then, you take out another crayon.
Construct a tree diagram depicting all possible outcomes of the above event and answer the question that follows.
What is the probability of choosing at least one brown crayon?
INSTRUCTION: Give your answer as a simplified fraction.

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