Question

The vehicle preference of police officers and firefighters is given in the table. Based on the information in the table, which or the following is an example of independent events

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Answer 1

answer is P(police officer and chooses car)

Explanation:

the probability of P(policer officer) and P(choose a car) are independent probabilities ( they are not overlapping probabilities)

Answer 2

Explanation:

I had this exact question and I figured it out.

the answer is: P(police officer and chooses car)

In order to get this answer I did the P(police officer) X P(choosing car)

It ended up being 36/45 X 15/45. Which is equal to around .2666667.

Now you take the Intersection of police officer and chooses car and you divide it by 45. That value on the chart is 12.

lucky enough, the product of 36/45 and 15/45 is equal to 12/45.

So 0.8 X 0.33 = .26

.26 = .26