Choosing Dependent or Independent Probability

Choose whether the probability problem has independent or dependent events.

There are 23 students on the school football team. The coaches randomly choose one student to be the team captain and then randomly choose a second student to be the co-captain.

• Independent

• Dependent

Choose whether the probability problem has independent or dependent events.

Seed packets of lettuce are displayed in your local garden shop. Four are butter crunch, 3 are romaine, and 2 are iceberg. You can’t decide which variety to plant, so you randomly grab a packet. Later, your brother randomly chooses one of the remaining packets.

• Independent

• Dependent

Choose whether the probability problem has independent or dependent events. A jar contains the names of thirty-two different students. Twenty of the students are girls and the rest are boys. Three names are drawn randomly without replacement.

• Independent

• Dependent

Choose whether the probability problem has independent or dependent events.

A six sided number cube is rolled and a spinner is spun.

• Independent

• Dependent

Choose whether the probability problem has independent or dependent events. Penelope placed four red, six pink, three yellow, and two green marbles in a bag. A marble is randomly selected, NOT replaced, and a second marble is selected.

• Independent

• Dependent

Choose whether the probability problem has independent or dependent events. A student has to guess the answer on two multiply choice questions. What is the probability that he will guess both questions correctly?

• Independent

• Dependent

Determine if the events are independent or dependent.

• Independent

• Dependent

Determine if the events are independent or dependent.

• Independent

• Dependent

Determine if the events are independent or dependent.

• Independent

• Dependent

Determine if the events are independent or dependent.

• Independent

• Dependent