Which of the following is an example of a dependent event?
A.At a raffle, a name is pulled from the hat and then another is pulled from the hat without replacing the first.
B.At a raffle, a name is pulled from the hat and then put back in. A second name is pulled from the hat.
C.On Friday night, you order pizza and on Tuesday night, you also order pizza.
D.Jeff wore green socks today and Ben wore black socks.

Question

Which of the following is an example of a dependent event?
A.At a raffle, a name is pulled from the hat and then another is pulled from the hat without replacing the first.	
B.At a raffle, a name is pulled from the hat and then put back in. A second name is pulled from the hat.
C.On Friday night, you order pizza and on Tuesday night, you also order pizza.
D.Jeff wore green socks today and Ben wore black socks.

mertsj · Answer

A

anonymous · Answer

Because by removing the one name, it eliminates itself from being in the second draw, thus changing the possible output.

anonymous · Answer

oh.... ok that makes sense now. Thanks!

anonymous · Answer

No problem, the second draw is dependent on the first.  Easy enough to think about it like that.