Independent & Dependent Events (Probability)

You flip a coin twice.  The coin is tails the first and is tails again the second time.

• independent

• dependent

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A bag has 3 red M&Ms and 4 blue ones.  You take a blue one out first and eat it.  The second one you take out is also blue.

• independent

• dependent

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A bag has 3 basketballs and 4 soccer balls.  You take a basketball out first and don’t return it to the bag.  The second one you take out is also a basketball.

• independent

• dependent

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You roll a 6 sided die two times.  The first roll is an even number.  The second is an odd number. 

• independent

• dependent

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You roll a 6 sided die two times.  The first roll is an even number.  The second is a 5. 

• independent

• dependent

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A basket has 5 apples and 7 bananas.  You pick an apple and eat it.  Then you pick a banana.

• independent

• dependent

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There are 8 shirts in your closet.  4 are blue and 4 are green.  You pick a blue one to wear on Monday and then a different blue one on Tuesday.  

• independent

• dependent

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A cooler has 10 bottles of Gatorade.  4 of them are lemon, 3 are orange, and 3 are cherry.  You randomly grab a bottle the first time and get a cherry, then put it back.  The second time you take a lemon.

• independent

• dependent

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You have a bag of M&Ms.  9 of them are green and 3 of them are blue.  You take a blue one out first and eat it.  The second one you take out is also blue.

• independent

• dependent

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.5

You flip a coin and then roll a 6-sided die.  The coin lands heads up and the die shows a 5.

• independent

• dependent

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.5