2006-10-03 09:15:33 · 5 answers · asked by Jia 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Two events are mutually exclusive if they have nothing in common.
Say you flip a coin.
The event of getting a head is mutually exclusive from the event of getting a tail. Why? Because you cannot get a head and tail at the same time.
2006-10-03 09:17:31 · answer #1 · answered by MsMath 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Draw a Venn diagram. Lable one circle A and one B. If there are no events in the shared area then events A and B are mutually exclusive.
2006-10-03 16:18:21 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If two things are mutually exclusive they cannot occur together, eg, being under 18 and being over 18.
2006-10-03 16:52:18 · answer #3 · answered by statstastic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means that two events or conditions make each other imposssible.
for example:
being a rectangle does prevent you from being a square, but being a square does NOT prevent you from being a rectangle. NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.
but being a circle does prevent you from being a triangle, AND being a triangle does prevent you from being a circle. MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.
2006-10-03 16:26:59 · answer #4 · answered by wolschou 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
two things that can't exist at the same time.
ie. fun and class are mutually exclusive.
2006-10-03 16:17:53 · answer #5 · answered by Hermes711 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋