Disjoint or independent In Exercise 35 you calculated probabilities of getting various

Chapter 13, Problem 37

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Disjoint or independent? In Exercise 35 you calculated probabilities of getting various M&Ms. Some of your answers depended on the assumption that the outcomes described were disjoint; that is, they could not both happen at the same time. Other answers depended on the assumption that the events were independent; that is, the occurrence of one of them doesnt affect the probability of the other. Do you understand the difference between disjoint and independent? a) If you draw one M&M, are the events of getting a red one and getting an orange one disjoint, independent, or neither? b) If you draw two M&Ms one after the other, are the events of getting a red on the first and a red on the second disjoint, independent, or neither? c) Can disjoint events ever be independent? Explain.