Answer:
Let's denote:
The event of driving while using a cell phone: A
The event of having a traffic accident: B
The event of driving while using a cell phone and having a traffic accident: A⋂B
P(A) = 11% = 0.11
P(B) = 5.26% = 0.526
P(A⋂B) = 28% = 0.28
If event A and event B are independent (it means the cause of a traffic accident is nothing related to driving while using a cell phone), then:
P(A) x P(B) = P(A⋂B)
Let's check:
P(A) x P(B) = 0.11 x 0.526 = 0.05786 and not equal to P(A⋂B) = 0.28
=> Event A and event B are not independent. In other words, they are related. (it means driving while using a cell phone is one of the reasons for having a traffic accident)
