SOLUTION: a sample poll of 1000 voters reveal the following information about candidate A, B and C who are nominated for three different offices. 200 are in favor of candidate A, 500 are in

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Question 361911: a sample poll of 1000 voters reveal the following information about candidate A, B and C who are nominated for three different offices. 200 are in favor of candidate A, 500 are in favor of candidate B, 500 are in favor of candidate C, 100 in favor of both A and B,100 in favor of both A and C, 250 in favor of both candidate B and C, 100 in favor of all three candidates.
Donate by A, B and C the event that the selected product favors candidates A, B and C respectively.
Required: Are the three events statistically independent, explain.

Answer by edjones(8007) About Me  (Show Source):
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They are all statistically independent.
P(A|B)=.1/.5=.2=P(A)
P(B|C)=.25/.50=.5=P(B)
P(C|A)=.1/.2=.5=P(C)
etc
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Ed