Answer to Question #169424 in Statistics and Probability for simran

Question

drawing one card from a deck and then another card. is it a dependent or indepedent event?

Answer 1

$\text{It is a dependent event because}\\ \text{the draw is without replacement.}\\ \text{ The probability of drawing the first card is 1/52}\\ \text{and the probability of drawing}\\ \text{ the second card is 1/51.}$