Question

Are the following pairs of events dependent or independent?

A one-word answer is sufficient, but feel free to include an explanation if it helps you.

a. Event P: Your car is parked in a parking garage Event S: Your car is parked on the street

b. Event A: I randomly draw an unfair (weighted) coin from a set of fair and unfair coins Event B: I flip the coin I drew from the set of coins and produce HTHT

c. Event A: The first time I flip a fair coin I get T Event B: The second time I flip the same coin I get H

d. Event R: It is raining outside Event H: My hair gets wet when I walk outside

e. Event D: It is not raining outside Event H: My hair gets wet when I walk outside

Answer 1

a. Event P and event S are independent.

b. Event A and event B are dependent.

c. Event A and B are independent.

d. Event R and event H are dependent.

e. Event H and event D are independent.