Answer:ca
Step-by-step explanation:
a. "Chocolate" and "Adults" (whatever those mean) will be independent as long as
"Chocolate" has the marginal distribution given by the second column, with a total probability of
. Similarly, "Adults" has the marginal distribution described by the third row, so that
. Then
Meanwhile, the joint probability of "Chocolate" and "Adults" is given by the cell in the corresponding row/column, with
.
The probabilities match, so these events are indeed independent.
Parts (b) and (c) are checked similarly.
b. Yes;
c. Yes;