Using quality control techniques to test the salt content of pretzels before they are packaged for the consumer is an example of using statistics in the field of

Food Science.

Step-by-step explanation:

Quality control is  a subdiscipline of food science.

Quality control involves the causes, prevention and communication dealing with food-borne illness.  Quality control also ensures that product meets specs to ensure the customer receives what they expect from the packaging to the physical properties of the product itself.

You randomly choose two socks from a drawer, hoping they will match.

You draw two numbers from 1 to 10 from a hat without replacing them first.

Step-by-step explanation:

dependent events: compound events in which one event affects the likelihood of the other event

independent events:compound events in which one event does not affect the likelihood of the other event