Counting, total probability, and independence
Problem
A class has students, of whom use Python. Two students are selected uniformly without replacement. Find the probability that both use Python. Then state whether the two selection indicators are independent.
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The probability is
The indicators are not independent because sampling without replacement changes the second probability after the first outcome.
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