A survey of 150 people at a local high school about playing video games was conducted, and the results are posted in the table.Play Video GamesDo Not Play Video GamesJuniors4812Seniors4525Teachers614What is the probability of choosing a person at random who is a teacher and plays video games? Are these independent events?

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The number of surveyed teachers who play videogames is 6, according to the table; therefore,

[tex]P(Teacher\cap Videogames)=\frac{6}{150}=\frac{1}{25}=0.04=4\%[/tex]

On the other hand, if A and B are two independent events,

[tex]\begin{gathered} A,B\rightarrow\text{ independent events} \\ \Rightarrow P(A\cap B)=P(A)P(B) \end{gathered}[/tex]

Thus, in our case,

[tex]\begin{gathered} P(Teacher)P(Videogames)=\frac{6+14}{150}*\frac{48+45+6}{150}=\frac{20}{150}*\frac{99}{150}=\frac{11}{125}=0.088 \\ \Rightarrow P(Teacher\cap Videogames)\ne P(Teacher)P(Videogames) \end{gathered}[/tex]

Therefore, the two events are not independent.

Hence, the answer is the first option, 4%, and not independent.