I will write to explain the difference between independent and dependent events AND how I can tell the difference in a word problem. Example: Suppose you have a bag of marbles, there are 4 white, 4 zebra-striped, and 2 black. You take out a marble without looking, you do not replace it and then you take out another marble. What is the probability of taking out a zebra-striped marble and then a white marble?