Question

A market survey shows that 50% of the population used Brand Z computers last year, 4% of the population quit their jobs last year, and 2% of the population used Brand Z computers and then quit their jobs. Are the events of using Brand Z computers and quitting your job independent

Answer 1

Answer:

the events of using Brand Z computers and quitting your job are independent.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let A be the event that the population used Brand Z computers and let B be the event that the population quit their jobs.

We are told that 50% of the population used Brand Z computers last year. Thus, the probability of event A is;

P(A) = 50% = 0.5

Also, we are told that 4% of the population quit their jobs last year. Thus the probability of event B is;

P(B) = 4% = 0.04

Since 2% of the population used Brand Z computers and then quit their jobs. Then the probability of the population used Brand Z computers and then quit their jobs is;

P(A ∩ B) = 2% = 0.02

From the law of independent events, if A and B are to be independent events, then;

P(A ∩ B) = P(A) × P(B)

Thus;

P(A ∩ B) = 0.5 × 0.04 = 0.02

This is same value as what was given in the question, thus the events of using Brand Z computers and quitting your job are independent.