Question

A bag contains 5 white marbles and 5 blue marbles. You randomly select one marble from the bag and put it back. Then, you randomly select another marble from the bag. Which calculation proves that randomly selecting a white marble the first time and a blue marble the second time are two independent events?

Answer 1

Answer: C) P(A and B) = 1/2 1/2

Answer 2

Event A = white marble is selected

Event B = blue marble is selected

P(A) = 5/10 = 1/2

p(B) = 5/10 = 1/2

Probability that A and B are independent events is:

P(A∩B) = 1/2 × 1/2

Answer: 1/4