Independent and Dependent Events

A bag contains some red-colored and some blue-colored marbles. First a red-colored marble is drawn and then, without replacing the first marble, a blue-colored marble is drawn. Are the two events dependent or independent?

• Independent
• Dependent

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.2

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.3

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.8

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.6

Two marbles are drawn from a container in such a way that the first marble drawn is replaced before selecting the second marble. Does the outcome of the first draw affect the outcome of the second?

• Yes
• No

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.2

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.3

Two separate events or when an item is replaced is known as a(n)...

• independent probability
• dependent probability

When an item is not replaced, or choosing effects what you can pick next is known as...

• independent
• dependent

Decide if this is independent or dependent: What is the probability of rolling a 2 on a dice AND pulling a spade out of a deck of cards?

• Independent
• Dependent

Tags

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.5

Is this situation independent or dependent? What is the probability of rolling a dice and landing on a 4, and then rolling the dice again and landing on any even number?

• Independent
• Dependent

Tags

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.5

Is the event INDEPENDENT or DEPENDENT?
Amy plays card games.  She picks a card at random.  Then without putting the first card back, he picks a second card at random.

• Independent
• Dependent

Tags

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.2

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.3

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.5

Is the event INDEPENDENT or DEPENDENT?
The spinner is spun twice.  What is the probability that it lands on red first and then blue?

• Independent
• Dependent

Dependent or Independent:
You flip a coin and then roll a fair six-sided die.  The coin lands heads-up and the die shows a one.

• Dependent
• Independent

Tags

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.2

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.3

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.8

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.6

Billy-Joe-Jim-Bob picks a marble at random, puts it back, and then picks another marble at random.

• Dependent

• Independent