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You get a mosquito bite. Is this event dependent or independent of the mosquito landing on your arm?

Answer 1

Dependent.

dependent means that in order to do A B mast happen first.
Since the mosquito can't bite(A) you without landing(B) on your arm.

If the question was reverse is landing dependent to bite,not always if mosquito lands on your arm it bites,than it independent

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Answer 2

Josiah Allen

The event of getting a mosquito bite is dependent on the mosquito landing on your arm.

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