Question

Which of the following is an example of independent events? A. Drawing a king from a standard deck of cards and then drawing an 8 without replacing the kingB. Four people are drawn successively without replacement from a group of 30 to represent the groupC. Spinning a 3 on a spinner and getting a head from a coin tossD. Selecting a head from a bag of 9 different colored breads and then selecting a second bead without putting the first back

Answer 1

Two events are independent if the fact that one takes palce does not affect the probability of the other. This means that spinning a spinner and tossing a coin are indepent events since the probabilities do not affect each other.