At a local ice cream store, you can purchase one, two or three scoops of ice cream. You also have a choice of either a sugar cone or a waffle cone. Based on the sales from the past week, 60% of the customers purchased a waffle cone, 40% of the customers purchased two scoops of ice cream, and 20%
purchased both. Suppose we choose a random customer from last week. Is the event choosing a waffle cone independent of the event choosing two scoops
of ice cream?
Yes, because the probability that the customer selects a waffle cone does not equal the probability the customer selects a waffle cone if we know
the customer purchased two scoops of ice cream.
No, because the probability that the customer selects a waffle cone does not equal the probability the customer selects a waffle cone if we know
the customer purchased two scoops of ice cream
No, because the probability that the customer selects a waffle cone equals the probability the customer selects
customer purchased two scoops of ice cream
waffle cone if we know the
Yes, because the probability that the customer selects a waffle cone equals the probability the customer selects a waffle cone if we know the
customer purchased two scoops of ice cream