Information about the recycling drive at school is shown in the table. let a be the event that the item pulled out of the recycling bin is a plastic bottle, and let b be the event that a tenth grader recycled that item. which statement is true about whether a and b are independent events? a and b are independent events because p(a∣b) = p(a). a and b are independent events because p(a∣b) = p(b). a and b are not independent events because p(a∣b) ≠ p(a). a and b are not independent events because p(a∣b) ≠ p(b).