SOLUTION: Determine whether the events E and F are independent or dependent. Justify your answer. a) E: A person going into debt F: The same person having a credit card

Question 1043333: Determine whether the events E and F are independent or dependent. Justify your answer.
a)
E: A person going into debt
F: The same person having a credit card
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

a) Since there are many ways to go into debt besides the use of a credit card, and some of these ways are easier to incur debt than the procurement and use of a credit card (borrow 5 cents from a friend, for example), these events are independent.

John

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