A science class has six girls and two boys in the seventh grade and one girl and 7 boys in the eighth grade. The teacher randomly selects a seventh grader and an eighth grader from the class for a competition. What is the probability that the students she selects are both girls? Write your answer as a fraction in the simplest form.

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A science class has six girls and two boys in the seventh grade and one girl and 7 boys in the eighth grade. The teacher randomly selects a seventh grader and an eighth grader from the class for a competition. What is the probability that the students she selects are both girls?

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