Identify whether the following combined events are dependent events or independent events. Justify your answers.
1. Taking an Uber ride and getting a free meal at your favourite restaurant.
Solution:
It is an independent event because the probability of taking an Uber does not affect the probability of getting a free meal at favourite restaurant.
2. Getting into a traffic accident is dependent upon driving or riding in a vehicle.
It is a dependent event because the probability of getting into a traffic accident has affect driving or riding in a vehicle
Khairil has \(40\) cards consisting of white, blue and red. If a card is chosen at random, the probability of choosing a red card is \(\dfrac{3}{5}\). Calculate
(a) number of cards in red.
(b) the probability of choosing a blue card if Khairil has \(8\) white cards.
Solution: If
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