Forty students in the second grade class listed their hair and eye colors in the table below:
Brown hair Blonde hair Total
Blue Eyes 5 12 17
Brown Eyes 16 7 23
21 19 40
Are the events “blonde hair” and “brown eyes” independent?

The events “blonde hair” and “brown eyes” are not independent.What are independent events?The term "independent events" refers to those whose occurrence is not reliant on another event.When two events A and B are independent then the intersection of the two events is equal to zero. i.e. They do not have any element in common.But from the given table we can see that the intersection of the events of  "blonde hair" and "brown eyes" exists.Therefore, the events "blonde hair" and "brown eyes" are not independent.To learn more about the independent events from the given linkhttps://brainly.com/question/27665211#SPJ1