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Given the following probabilities, determine whether

the events A and B are independent or dependent.

Given the following probabilities, determine whether the events A and B are independent-example-1
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P(a) x p(b) = 2/5 x 1/4 = 2/20 = 1/10

1/10 does not equal 1/9 so the event is dependent

The answer is B ( the second choice)

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