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In a pink box there are 4 yellow, 6 purple, and 5 orange crayons while in a brown box there are 3 yellow, 7 purple, and 4 orange crayons. One crayon is drawn at random from the combined crayons of both boxes. Find the probability that it is an orange crayon from the pink box.

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Total crayons in pink box 4 6 5 15Total crayons in brown box 3 7 4 14Total crayons combined 15 14 29Probability crayon is from pink box 1529Probability crayon is orange given pink box 515 13Required probability 1529 13 1587 529

A 1/6

B 1/3

C 1/5

D 5/29

E 1/4

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In a pink box there are 4 yellow, 6 purple, and 5 orange crayons while in a brown box there are 3 yellow, 7 purple, and 4 orange crayons. One crayon is drawn at random from the combined crayons of both boxes. Find the probability that it is an orange crayon from the pink box.

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