What must the distance between two circles be such that they represent independent events.

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A sample space $P$ is represented by a rectangle with width $5$ and height $4$. Two events $A$ and $B$ are represented by two circles with radii $1$ and $\sqrt2$ respectively.

What must the distance $d$ between the centers of the two circles be for the two events to be independent?

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