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Independence of random variables

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Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examโ€ขWritten by the Fiveable Content Team โ€ข Last updated August 2025

Definition

Two random variables are independent if knowing information about one of them does not change the probability distribution of the other.

AP course connection

Topic 4.9: 4.9 Combining Random Variables

Unit 4

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