Question

determine whether the events e and f are independent or dependent. justify your answer.

(b) e: a randomly selected person at school a having a high gpa
f: a randomly selected person at school b having a low gpa.

(c) e: the consumer demand for synthetic diamonds
f: the amount of research funding for diamond synthesis

Explanation:

Independent events are those where the occurrence of one event does not affect the probability of the occurrence of the other event. In part (b), since the people are randomly selected from different schools (school A and school B), the GPA of a person in school A (event E) has no impact on the GPA of a person in school B (event F).

Answer:

A. E cannot affect F and vice versa because the people were randomly selected, so the events are independent.