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Independent Events
Middle School
Definition
Two events are independent if the occurrence of one doesn't affect the probability of the other.
Formulas
P(A ∩ B) = P(A) · P(B)
Definition of independence
P(A|B) = P(A)
Conditional equals unconditional probability
Examples
Example 1
Are two coin flips independent?
Applications
Statistics
Independent sample assumption
Reliability Engineering
System failure probability
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