help me. and no bs, and answer as a fraction pls and if you use a calculator the answer will be incorrect. ive tried. i really need help

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.

How do you use the elimination method for this question? explain, because i really want to understand!

Aboard 60 in. long is cut two parts so that the longer piece is 5 times the shorter. what are the length of the two pieces?