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Question: 2016 Fall Final - 14

Author: Michiel Smid
We flip a fair coin three times; these flips are independent of each other. These three coin flips give us a sequence of length three, where each symbol is $H$ or $T$. Define the events (recall that 0 is even):
  • A = "the number of $H$ in the sequence is even",
  • B = "the sequence contains at least two consecutive $H$'s".
Which of the following is true?
(a)
The events $A$ and $B$ are independent.
(b)
The events $A$ and $B$ are not independent.
(c)
None of the above.