For a randomly selected driver, are the events “ driving while using a cell phone “ and “ having a traffic accident” independent events? explain your answer.

The events  “ driving while using a cell phone “ and “ having a traffic accident” are not independent events. In contrast, these events are dependent, because the probability the event “ having a traffic accident”  to happen depends on the event “ driving while using a cell phone “. There is a bigger probability for accident if the driver uses cell phone, because he is distracted and not focused.

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