A group of people were asked whether they watch television or read newspaper to get daily news.

The table shows the probabilities of the results.

Let A represent reading newspaper and B represent watching television.

Which statement is true?

Watching television and reading newspaper are not independent events because P (A|B) = P (A) and P (B|A) = P (B).

Watching television and reading newspaper are not independent events because P (A|B) ≠P (A) and P (B|A) ≠P (B).

Watching television and reading newspaper are independent events because P (A|B) = P (A) and P (B|A) = P (B).

Watching television and and reading newspaper are independent events because P (A|B) ≠P (A) and P (B|A) ≠P (B).

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Rishi Fitzgerald

Mathematics

4 July, 12:41

A group of people were asked whether they watch television or read newspaper to get daily news.

The table shows the probabilities of the results.

Let A represent reading newspaper and B represent watching television.

Which statement is true?

Watching television and reading newspaper are not independent events because P (A|B) = P (A) and P (B|A) = P (B).

Watching television and reading newspaper are not independent events because P (A|B) ≠P (A) and P (B|A) ≠P (B).

Watching television and reading newspaper are independent events because P (A|B) = P (A) and P (B|A) = P (B).

Watching television and and reading newspaper are independent events because P (A|B) ≠P (A) and P (B|A) ≠P (B).

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Shawn Chang · Answer 1

Watching television and reading newspaper are not independent events because P (A|B) = P (A) and P (B|A) = P (B).

I might be wrong so try to look at it a little closer before you take my word for it.