Asked by Avery Williams

Lexi asks a classmate to be her partner for a class project, and he agrees to work with her. Next, her friend Mia picks a partner, too.

Are these two events dependent or independent?
A. Dependent
B. Independent

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
A. Dependent

Reason: Lexi asking and getting a classmate to agree removes that student from the pool of people Mia can pick, so the probability of who Mia chooses is affected. Therefore the events are dependent.