Question

Are rolling a sum of 6 and rolling doubles mutually exclusive events? Explain.

Answer 1

if two events, A & B, are mutually exclusive, then they cannot happen at the same time

Answer 2

oh ok so they aren't mutually exclusive because getting a sum of 6 would mean rolling them at the same time

Answer 3

yeah you could get a sum of 6 by rolling 3's

Answer 4

you can also visually represent things as a venn diagram

Answer 5

oh forgot 6,6 for set B, but you get the idea

Answer 6

Ok so because rolling a sum of 6 and getting double at the same is possible they aren't exclusive

Answer 7

correct

Answer 8

ok thanks!

Answer 9

np