
Understanding Basic Statistics
8th Edition
ISBN: 9781337558075
Author: Charles Henry Brase, Corrinne Pellillo Brase
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 5, Problem 2CR
Terminology Consider the following situations: events A and B are independent; events A and B are dependent. Match each situation to the appropriate description.
(i) The
(ii)The probability of event A remains the same regardless of whether event B has occurred.
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