Leitzel is going to Debra's Steakhouse and really wants filet for dinner and creme brulee for dessert. She knows that the probability of getting a filet at Debra's is. 9 and the probability of creme brulee being a desert is. 77. She determines that the probability of getting a filet and creme brulee is. 9 (.77) = 0.693. Which statement about the two events is true?

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Ivan Olsen

5 February, 11:21

Leitzel is going to Debra's Steakhouse and really wants filet for dinner and creme brulee for dessert. She knows that the probability of getting a filet at Debra's is. 9 and the probability of creme brulee being a desert is. 77. She determines that the probability of getting a filet and creme brulee is. 9 (.77) = 0.693. Which statement about the two events is true?

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Dominik Moore · Answer 1

These two events would be independent.

We can tell this from the fact that the probabilities are simply multiplied together; this only works if the two events are independent.