SOLUTION: Are the events having "less than one month salary" and being "male" idependent or dependent events, explain? I am stuck on this because based on the rules I am coming up with it be

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Question 654287: Are the events having "less than one month salary" and being "male" idependent or dependent events, explain? I am stuck on this because based on the rules I am coming up with it being independent but the teacher is saying it's dependent and to explain why.. please advise is possible
Thank you N.Bennett

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Are the events having "less than one month salary" and being "male" idependent or dependent events, explain? I am stuck on this because based on the rules I am coming up with it being independent but the teacher is saying it's dependent and to explain why.. please advise is possible
Thank you N.Bennett

These are dependent events because "having less than one month salary" is dependent on the person "being male," meaning that being male determines whether or not a person has less that one month salary.

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