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Determine if B and A are Independent/Dependent Events

, ,
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Two events are independent events when the occurrence of one does not affect the probability of the other. and .
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should equal to because the occurrence of should not effect the probability of for independent events and . In this case, , which means that and are dependent events.
A and B are dependent events
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