3. Paula tosses a fair coin five times. Suppose we define two events: A: Paula gets an odd number of tails. B: Paula gets a tail on the first toss. Are the events A and B independent?

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Paula tosses a fair coin five times. Suppose we define two events:
A: Paula gets an odd number of tails.
B: Paula gets a tail on the first toss.
Are the events A and B independent?
Transcribed Image Text:Paula tosses a fair coin five times. Suppose we define two events: A: Paula gets an odd number of tails. B: Paula gets a tail on the first toss. Are the events A and B independent?
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