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Grade 7

12.04 Independent and dependent events

Interactive practice questions

A person runs a marathon, and then falls ill from exhaustion. Are the events independent or dependent?

Dependent

A

Independent

B
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A card is randomly selected from a normal deck of cards, and then returned to the deck. The deck is shuffled and another card is selected.

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Each student is allowed to randomly pick an item from the teacher's prize bag. Are their selections independent or dependent?

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A standard six-sided die is rolled $691$691 times.

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Outcomes

7.D2.1

Describe the difference between independent and dependent events, and explain how their probabilities differ, providing examples.

7.D2.2

Determine and compare the theoretical and experimental probabilities of two independent events happening and of two dependent events happening.

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