Question

leona has a bag containing lettered tiles. which describes dependent events? removing a vowel, not replacing it, and then removing another vowel; removing a vowel or a consonant; removing a consonant, replacing it, and then removing another consonant; removing a consonant, replacing it, and then removing a vowel

Explanation:

To determine dependent events, we recall that dependent events are those where the outcome of one event affects the outcome of the next event.

• For the first option: Removing a vowel and not replacing it changes the total number of tiles and the number of vowels left. So the probability of removing another vowel is affected by the first removal.
• The second option is a single event of removing a vowel or a consonant, not two sequential events.
• For the third and fourth options, since we replace the tile, the total number of tiles and the number of each type of tile (consonant or vowel) remain the same, so the events are independent.

Answer:

A. removing a vowel, not replacing it, and then removing another vowel