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OpenStudy (anonymous):

A six-sided number cube with faces numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 is rolled. Which events are mutually exclusive? A. rolling a 4, rolling a prime number B. rolling a 3, rolling a prime number C. rolling a 2, rolling an even number D. rolling a 5, rolling an odd number

OpenStudy (anonymous):

anyone?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no one?

OpenStudy (welshfella):

consider A . Is 4 a prime number?

hartnn (hartnn):

ask yourself : is 4 a prime number? is 3 a prime number? is 2 an even number? is 5 a odd number? The one in which you get the answer as NO is your answer :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

4 is prime,3 is prime,2 is even,5 is an odd number..i dont get it

OpenStudy (xapproachesinfinity):

4 is not prime

hartnn (hartnn):

how is 4 a prime number?

hartnn (hartnn):

4 = 2*2

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh duh lol my bad haha

OpenStudy (xapproachesinfinity):

consider what a prime number means

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so A, right?

OpenStudy (xapproachesinfinity):

yes

OpenStudy (anonymous):

k thanks guys

OpenStudy (xapproachesinfinity):

mutually exclusive means they cannot occur at the same time

OpenStudy (xapproachesinfinity):

like tossing a coin you either get head or tail you cannot have them both at the same time

OpenStudy (xapproachesinfinity):

that is mutually exclusive

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