SOLUTION: A medical experiment showed the probability a new medicine is effective is 0.75. The probability of a side effect is 0.4 and the probability that both events would occur is 0.3. De

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Question 1132009: A medical experiment showed the probability a new medicine is effective is 0.75. The probability of a side effect is 0.4 and the probability that both events would occur is 0.3. Decide by formula whether these events are independent.
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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P(E)*P(SE)=P(BOTH) if independent.
0.75*0.4=0.3 so independent