There are 12 state quarters and 5 regular quarters in a jar. Rees randomly picks up a quarter, puts it back in the jar, and then picks another quarter without looking.

The probability that he will take out a state quarter, and then a regular quarter is ___.

Write your answer as a simplified fraction.

Answer :

12 + 5 = 17 quarters in total
12 /17 * 5 /17 = 60 / 289
The probability that he will take out a state quarter and then a regular quarter is 60/289.

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