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5. Recursion and Iteration
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Exercise 63 Page 697

Do these events affect the probability of each other?

dependent

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The event of choosing the first place in an academic competition affects the probability of choosing the second one. This is because there is one fewer place from which to choose after the first one is taken. Therefore, the events are dependent.