Box A contains 20 red marbles and 30 blue marbles. Box B contains 10 white  marbles and 47 black marbles. If you choose one marble from each box without  looking,  (a) are these dependent or independent events? (b) what is the probability that you get a blue marble and a black marble?

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Box A contains 20 red marbles and 30 blue marbles. Box B contains 10 white 
marbles and 47 black marbles. If you choose one marble from each box without 
looking, 
(a) are these dependent or independent events?
(b) what is the probability that you get a blue marble and a black marble? 

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