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An experiment has 10 equally likely outcomes. Let A and B be two non-empty events of the experiment. If A consists of 4 outcomes, the number of outcomes that B must have so that A and B are independent, is (A) 2, 4 or 8 (B) 3, 6 or 9

A

2,4 or 8

B

3,6 or 9

C

4 or 8

D

5 or 10

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