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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Will give out medals. A raffle ticket is drawn to pick the winner of a prize. The ticket is thrown away. Then, another ticket is drawn to pick the winner of a second prize. Are these events dependent or independent?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the first event is independent and the second event is dependent of the first

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sorry i'm typing my explaination

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh ok

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok so of all the raffle tickets any one of them can be picked in the first drawing. There's nothing that will cause a higher or lower chance for each ticket.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

are you still there

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Since the ticket that is first picked is thrown away, that makes the leftover tickets a new group to be chosen from. That first ticket is eliminated and what the leftover tickets are is determined by what that first ticket was

OpenStudy (anonymous):

whats the answer

OpenStudy (anonymous):

my first response

OpenStudy (anonymous):

you can't have two answers

OpenStudy (anonymous):

independent

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