document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1045223>Question 1045223</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> box a contains 12 red 16 blue marbles 11 green and 5 yellow marbles box b contains 8 red 7 green 11 blue and 1 yellow if you randomly pick one item from each box what is the probability that both items will be blue  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "For the 1st box, it's 16/44 - 16 blue of 44 total<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For the 2nd box, it's 11/27 - 11 blue of 27 total<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(16/44)*(11/27) = 4/27 </SPAN>\n" );
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