document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1141579>Question 1141579</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Leo’s pencil case contains 8 black pens, 6 blue pens and 2 red pens. He loses 4 pens, 2 of which are blue. If he then picks one pen out of the pencil case at random, what is the probability that it will be blue?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A) 1/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B)1/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C)1/6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D)1/8 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #762151 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=762151\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> He started with 16 pens, 6 blue<BR>\n" );
document.write( "He now has 12 pens, 4 blue<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the probability of a pen's being blue is 4/12 or 1/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A </SPAN>\n" );
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