SAT Math· difficulty 4/5
Which pair of events is INDEPENDENT?
Picking a random student then their best friend
Drawing two cards without replacement from a deck
Two consecutive flips of a fair coin
Selecting a marble from a bag, then another without putting the first back
Explanation
Coin flips do not influence each other, so they are independent. The others involve dependence.
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