Explain conjunction fallacy in independent events

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Assume that their choices for courses are independent events. Show that the card with Mathematics 23 and Government 35 showing is more likely to be Mary"s than John"s. The conjunction fallacy referred to in the Linda problem would be to assume that the event "Mary takes Mathematics 23 and Government 35" is more likely than the event "Mary takes Mathematics 23." Why are we not making this fallacy here?

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