Finding the probability based on independent events

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1. Which are likely to be independent events? For those you think are not, suggest reasons why.

(a) Gender of two consecutive babies born in a hospital.

(b) Car accident rates and the driver's gender.

2. Fifty-six percent of American adults eat at a table-service restaurant at least once a week. Suppose that four American adults are asked if they ate at table-service restaurants last week. What is the probability that all of them say yes?

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