Eli has 7 black pens and 5 blue pens in his desk drawer. he also has 3 yellow highlighters, 2 green highlighters, and 5 pink highlighters in his pencil case. If he chooses one pen and one highlighter without looking, what is the probability that he will get a black pen and he will not get a green highlighter?

Question

7/15
117/1000
1/3
1/12 <— my answer

Answer 1

independent picks
black pen = 7/12
NOT green = 1 -green = 1- 2/10 = 8/10 or just 8/10 other
7/12 * 4/5

Answer 2

Damon i say this respectfully... you are wrong. Unless you meant 7/15

Answer 3

It is 7/15 btw