You pick a number between 1,000 and 5,000. Then you flip a coin.

Question

Identify if the two events are independent or dependent. Explain.

Answer 1

The picking of a number between 1,000 and 5,000 and the flipping of a coin are independent events. This is because the outcome of picking a number does not have any effect on the outcome of flipping a coin, and vice versa. The two events are unrelated and their probabilities are not affected by each other.