Janelle has a variety of socks in her laundry basket. Without looking, she selects one sock, then a second.Are these two events dependent or independent?Choices:(A) dependent(B) independent
Q. Janelle has a variety of socks in her laundry basket. Without looking, she selects one sock, then a second.Are these two events dependent or independent?Choices:(A) dependent(B) independent
Understand Concepts: Understand the concept of independent and dependent events. Independent events are those where the outcome of one event does not affect the outcome of another. Dependent events are those where the outcome of one event does affect the outcome of the other.
Analyze Situation: Analyze the situation with Janelle's socks.When Janelle picks one sock from the laundry basket, the number of socks in the basket decreases by 1. This means that the outcome of the second event (picking the second sock) is affected by the outcome of the first event (picking the first sock) because the total number of socks from which she can choose has changed.
Determine Dependency: Determine if the events are dependent or independent based on the analysis.Since the outcome of picking the first sock affects the probability of what sock is picked second, the two events are dependent.
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