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Probability of independent events

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Two events are independent if the occurrence or non-occurrence of one event does not affect the probability of occurrence of the other event.

1. Two fair dice, one green and one red, are thrown.

Let A be the event that the green die is even.

Let B be the event that the red die is greater than 4.

(a) Find P (A) and P (B).

P (A) = 1/2

P (B) = 1/3

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