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Q108Section III (Statistics)108 of 180

Classical probability — pairwise independence and a union

Suppose that probabilities are assigned to the subsets of Ω={a,b,c,d,e,f}\Omega=\{a,b,c,d,e,f\} according to the classical definition of probability. Which of the following statements is/are true for the sets A={a,b}A=\{a,b\}, B={b,d}B=\{b,d\} and C={a,c,d}C=\{a,c,d\}? (I) C and A are independent. (II) C and B are independent. (III) C and A∪BA\cup B are independent.

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