Question

A litter of puppies consists of black puppies and white puppies. A

Answer 1

We want to see if the first selection is dependent on the second selection, we will see that no, the first selection can not depend on a selection that did not happen yet.

So the situation is:

We have a group of puppies, some are black, some are white.

Let's say that there are N puppies in total, n₁ are black, n₂ are white, such that:

n₁ + n₂ = N

Now we have that the first selection, event A, is a black puppy. The probability is just the quotient between the number of black puppies and the total number of puppies:

q = n₁/N

Then now we have:

• N - 1 puppies in total.
• n₁ - 1 black puppies
• n₂ white puppies.

Now for the second selection, event B, the probability of selecting a white puppy is:

P = n₂/(N - 1)

Notice that because there are fewer black puppies than before (because we took one) the denominator decreases, thus, the probability of getting a white puppy increases.

So clearly event B depends on event A.

Now the question is:

Is A dependent on B?

No, A can not depend on event B, because event A happens first. The probability of the first event is always q = n₁/N.

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