How to identify independent events

Practice Questions

AP Statistics › How to identify independent events

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True or False: When 2 cards are drawn without replacement from a regular deck of 52 cards, the event of drawing a heart first independent of the event of drawing a heart second.

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True or false:

A family has 3 boys. The probability that the fourth child will also be a boy is less than 50%

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True or false: When drawing two cards with replacement, the event drawing a spade first is independent of the event drawing a heart second.

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Events and are known to be independent.

while . What must be?

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Each answer choice describes two events. Which of the following describes independent events?

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Mary randomly selects the king of hearts from a deck of cards. She then replaces the card and again selects one card from the deck. The selection of the second card is a(n)_________ event.

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True or false: Two events which are mutually exclsuve are also independent events.

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What is the probability of getting a sum of when rolling two six-sided fair dice?

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A bag is set in front of you with three different colored marbles inside. There are 9 red marbles, 10 blue marbles, and 7 yellow marbles. What is the probability that you draw a marble that is not yellow?

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Given a pair of fair dice, what is the probability of rolling a 7 in one throw?

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