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Which statement correctly describes dependent events?

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Two events are dependent if they have no outcomes in common and cannot occur at the same time.
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Two events are dependent if they have outcomes in common and can occur at the same time.
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Two events are dependent if the outcome of the first event does not affect the outcome of the second event.
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Two events are dependent if the outcome of the first event affects the outcome of the second event.
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Sample Response: The student’s logic is incorrect. A coin being flipped 6 times is 6 independent events because the outcome of one flip of the coin does not affect the outcome of another flip. The probability of the next flip landing on heads is still 1/2. What type of compound event is flipping a coin 6 times?The student is incorrect. Flipping a coin 6 times is 6 independent events.Independent events are events in which the outcome of one event does not affect the outcome of another.The probabi

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The student is incorrect.
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Flipping a coin 6 times is 6 independent events.
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Independent events are events in which the outcome of one event does not affect the outcome of another.
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The probability of the next flip landing on heads is still one-half.

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