Independent & Dependent Probability

A bag contains 5 striped cubes, 3 dotted cubes, 4 white cubes and 3 red cubes. What is the probability of drawing a red cube, replacing it, and then drawing a white cube?

• independent

• dependent

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A bag contains 2 striped cubes, 3 dotted cubes, 4 white cubes and 3 red cubes. What is the probability of drawing a white cube, not replacing it, and then drawing a dotted cube?

• dependent

• independent

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Dependent probability happens when the first item is replaced, causing the total outcomes to increase by 1.

• True

• False

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Dependent probability happens when the first item is not replaced, causing the total outcomes to decrease by 1.

• true

• false

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Independent probability happens when the probability of the first event does not affect the probability of the second event.

• True

• False

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A bag contains 2 striped cubes, 5 dotted cubes, 5 white cubes and 3 red cubes. What is the probability of drawing two striped cubes in succession, without replacing the first cube drawn?

• independent

• dependent

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A pocket contains 3 pennies, 2 nickels, 1 quarter and 4 dimes. What is the probability of randomly choosing a dime, replacing it, and then drawing a penny?

• independent

• dependent

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A pocket contains 3 pennies, 2 nickels, 3 quarters and 4 dimes. What is the probability of randomly choosing a quarter two times in a row if the first coin drawn is not replaced?

• dependent

• independent

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Clinton has a bag of Skittles™. Inside the bag are 6 red, 4 orange, 7 yellow, 3 purple and 4 green Skittles™. What is the probability of drawing a green Skittle™, replacing it, and then drawing another green Skittle™?

• independent

• dependent

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Jaylan has a fun-size bag of SweetTarts™. Inside the bag are 4 pink, 1 blue, 2 yellow, 3 purple and 2 green SweetTarts™. What is the probability of drawing a yellow SweetTart™ three times in a row if each SweetTart™ selected is eaten before the next SweetTart™ is drawn?

• dependent

• independent

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