Question

You toss a coin twice. Because the outcome of the first toss does not affect the outcome of the second toss, these 2 events are called? 1) Independent events 2) Dependent events 3) Mutually exclusive events 4) Disjoint events

Answer 1

independent

Explanation:

Two events are independent if the occurrence of one event does not affect the chances of the occurrence of the other event.

If the probability of occurrence of an event A is not affected by the occurrence of another event B, then A and B are said to be independent events.

Answer 2

option 1:

independent events

Explanation:

in the case of tossing a coin twice, outcome of the first toss does not effect the outcome of the second toss: thus these two events are called independent events.