Which of the following are independent pairs of events? Check all that apply.

A. Flipping two coins and having one show a head and the other show a head

B. Being sneezed on and catching a cold

C. When rolling a pair of dice, getting a total of 6 and having one die show a 3

D. Rolling a 4 on one die and rolling a 2 on another die

E. Seeing clouds and winning the lottery

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Gerald Wolfe

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Which of the following are independent pairs of events? Check all that apply.

A. Flipping two coins and having one show a head and the other show a head

B. Being sneezed on and catching a cold

C. When rolling a pair of dice, getting a total of 6 and having one die show a 3

D. Rolling a 4 on one die and rolling a 2 on another die

E. Seeing clouds and winning the lottery

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Ethen Brock · Answer 1

Independent events are exclusive or non-mutual events that when one event happens, its occurrence does not affect the occurrence of the other event. in this case, A could be a case. Also, options D and E could be another case of independent events