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ISBN: 9781938168208

Author: Barbara Illowsky, Susan Dean

Publisher: OpenStax College

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Chapter 3, Problem 108H

Use the information in the Table 3.19 to answer the next eight exercises. The cable shows the political party affiliation of each of 67 members of the US Senate In June 2012. and when they are up f reelection.

Chapter 3, Problem 108H, Use the information in the Table 3.19 to answer the next eight exercises. The cable shows the , example 1

108. The events “Other” and “Up for reelection in November 2016’ are

a. mutually exclusive.

b. independent.

c. both mutually exclusive and independent.

d. neither mutually exclusive nor independent.

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