Two coins are tossed. Let $A$ be the event that the first coin shows a head and $B$ be the event that the second coin shows a tail. The two events $A$ and $B$ are:

  • A
    Mutually exclusive
  • B
    Dependent
  • C
    Independent and mutually exclusive
  • D
    Independent

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