Eli has 7 black pens and 6 blue pens in his desk drawer. He also has 4 yellow highlighters, 2 green highlighters, and 3 pink highlighters in his pencil case. If he chooses one pen without looking, what is the probability that he will get a blue pen and he will not get a pink highlighter?

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Eli has 7 black pens and 6 blue pens in his desk drawer.  He also has 4 yellow highlighters, 2 green highlighters, and 3 pink highlighters in his pencil case. If he chooses one pen without looking, what is the probability that he will get a blue pen and he will not get a pink highlighter?

anonymous · Answer

i think 6/22 blue pen and 3/22 pink highlight

anonymous · Answer

how did you get that

anonymous · Answer

i add all the numbers togher then the totsl become22 and i divided 22 in the blue pens then the 3mpink high lights

anonymous · Answer

okay so after that do I have to add both equations then divide?