Question

Daniel has 1 blue pencil and 5 yellow pencils in his backpack. He also has 2 pink erasers, 4 tan erasers, and 3 gray erasers in his backpack. If Daniel randomly selects one pencil and one eraser from his backpack, what is the probability that he will select a yellow pencil and a tan eraser?

Answer 1

5/6*4/9=20/54=10/27                      

Answer 2

for the pencil 5/15 or 1/3 ad for the eraser 4/15