A Pair of Fair Dice Is Cast

question 30

Short Answer

A pair of fair dice is cast. Let E denote the event that the number landing uppermost on the first die is a 1 and let F denote the event that the sum of the numbers falling uppermost is 2. Determine whether E and F are independent events. Answer dependent or independent.

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