document.write( "Question 1166923: A statistical experiment has ten equally likely outcomes, which are denoted by 1, 2, 3, 4,
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document.write( "a)  Yes, the events A and B are mutually exclusive, since the sets A and B are DISJOINT.\r\n" );
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document.write( "b)  The events A and B  ARE NOT independent.\r\n" );
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document.write( "     Indeed, P(A ∩ B) = 0, since the events A and B are mutually exclusive;\r\n" );
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document.write( "     from the other side, P(A)*P(B) =   is not zero.\r\n" );
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document.write( "     Since P(A ∩ B) =/= P(A)*P(B), the events A and B are not independent.\r\n" );
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document.write( "c)  Complement of event A is event {2,4,5,6,8,9,10}, and the probability of this complement event is   = 1 - .\r\n" );
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