A science class has 3 girls and 7 boys in the seventh grade and 5 girls and 5 boys in the eighth grade. The teacher randomly selects a seventh grader and an eighth grader from the class for a competition. What is the probability that the students she selects are both boys? Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

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7th grade ... 7/10 boys

8th grade ... 1/2 boys

P(two boys selected) = 7/10 * 1/2