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The probability of getting disease X (event A) is 0.65, and the probability of getting disease Y (event B) is 0.76. The probability of getting both disease X and disease Y is 0.494. Are events A and B dependent or independent? In this scenario, A and B are events.

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i would say independent since the problem doesn't state any relation between disease X and disease Y. Also I beleive if it were dependent the probability of getting both wouldn't be .494 (which is .65 *.76). It would have to be probability of event A and event B, and then divided by probability of just B

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