Do you multiply independent events probabilities?

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Explanation for correct answer:
If we assume two events $A$ and $B$ in a sample space of $S$ , then the probability of both events $A$ and $B$ is equal to the product of the probability of each single events.
If the probability of event $A$ and $B$ in a sample space $S$ are $P (A)$ and $P (B)$ respectively.
Therefore, the probability of the events $A$ and $B$ is $P (A \cap B) = P (A) P (B)$ .
Hence, we do multiply independent events probabilities.

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