Answer:
Being a student and preferring “shark” are not independent events
Step-by-step explanation:
Let A be the event that the selected person is a student and B the event that person prefers sharks.
Total number of students =100
Hence P(A) =[tex]\frac{100}{115} =0.8696[/tex]
P(B) = Persons who prefers sharks /total persons
=[tex]\frac{95}{115} =0.8261[/tex]
P(AB) = no of persons who are students and who prefer sharks/total persons
= [tex]\frac{90}{115} =0.7826[/tex]
P(A)P(B) = [tex]=0.8696*0.8261\\\\=0.7183[/tex]
Since P(AB) does not equal P(A) P(B), we find that
A and B are not independent.
Being a student and preferring “shark” are not independent events