Events A and C are in...

Q.) Events A and C are independent. If the probabilities relating A, B and C are P(A)=1/5, P(B)=1/6; P(A ^ C)=1/20; P( B U C) = 3/8. Then

[A]events B and C are independent

[B]events B and C are mutually exclusive

[C]events B and C are neither independent nor mutually exclusive

[D]events B and C are equiprobable

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