Jack lives on a farm and has a large backyard. the area of his rectangular backyard is of a square mile. if the width of the yard is of a mile, what fraction of a mile is the length of the rectangular backyard?
Abox contains 1 plain pencil and 4 pens. a second box contains 5 color pencils and 5 crayons. one item from each box is chosen at random. what is the probability that a plain pencil from the first box and a color pencil from the second box are selected? write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.