Two events are said to be ________ if the occurrence of one does not affect the probability of the occurrence of the other.
- Dependent
- Exhaustive
- Independent
- Mutually exclusive
Two events are said to be "independent" if the occurrence of one does not affect the probability of the occurrence of the other. For example, if you toss a coin twice, the outcome of the first toss doesn't affect the outcome of the second toss, so the two events are independent.
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