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Belleville High School offers classes on three different foreign languages. Let A be the event that a student is in eleventh grade, and let B be the event that a student is enrolled in French class.Which statement is true about whether A and B are independent events?

A and B are independent events because P(A∣B) = P(A).
A and B are independent events because P(A∣B) = P(B).
A and B are not independent events because P(A∣B) ≠ P(A).
A and B are not independent events because P(A∣B) ≠ P(B).

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A and B are independent events because P(A|B) = P(A) THE ANSWER IS A

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Answer with explanation:

Independent events:→ Two events are known to be independent of each other, if the probability of one event is not affected by the probability of the other event . For example,Selecting a red color ball from 6 balls (3 blue +3 black) is independent of selecting a chair in which there are(5 black +5 grey).

There are two events

A= A student is in eleventh grade.

B=A student is enrolled in French class

P(A∣B)=Probability that student is in 11 nth class and he or she has taken french.

Two events A and B are independent ,if

P(A∩B)=P(A)*P(B) and,


P((A)/(B))= (P(A\cap B))/(P(B))\\\\P((A)/(B))=(P(A)*P(B))/(P(B))\\\\P((A)/(B))=P(A)

Option A:→ A and B are independent events because P(A∣B) = P(A).

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