A group of students randomly exit the school bus after returning from a field trip. You want to calculate the probability of two specific students leaving the bus first. Are the events independent or dependent?

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dependant because one event cannot happen without the other taking place

Barton answered Jan 3, 2017

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Dependent because the outcome of the first event affects the outcome of the second event.

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