Mathematics for IGCSE & O level - Probability (Section 5 - No. 39)
Which of the following events are independent events?
Flipping a coin and rolling a six-sided die
Drawing a card from a deck and then drawing another card without replacing the first
The weather tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.
The number of times a coin lands on heads, if it is flipped 100 times.
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Independent events are those where the occurrence of one does not affect the probability of the other. The first is a simple example of this. Weather tomorrow can affect the weather the following day, and the coin flip example assumes each flip is independent.