Question

You have one red apple and three green apples in a

bowl. You randomly select one apple to eat now and
another apple for your lunch. Use a sample space to
determine whether randomly selecting a green apple
first and randomly selecting a green apple second are
independent events.

Answer 1

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Explanation:

Let R1 and G1 represent the red and green apples available for the first selection, respectively. Similarly, let R2, G2a, and G2b represent the red and two green apples available for the second selection, respectively. Then, the sample space for the two selections is:

{(R1, R2), (R1, G2a), (R1, G2b), (G1, R2), (G1, G2a), (G1, G2b)}

Out of these six outcomes, only two involve selecting a green apple first: (G1, R2) and (G1, G2a). And out of these two outcomes, only one involves selecting a green apple second: (G1, G2a).

Therefore, since the probability of selecting a green apple second changes based on whether a green apple was selected first, the events of selecting a green apple first and selecting a green apple second are dependent.