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There are two boxes containing only purple and blue pens.
Box A has
purple pens and
blue pens.
purple pens and
blue pens.
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16
Box B has
2
3
A pen is randomly chosen from each box.
List these events from least likely to most likely.
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Event
2
Event
3
Event
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