When they ask, "Suppose you roll a standard cube once. Are rolling a 4 and a 3 mutually exclusive?" Are they asking whether or not it's hard to for it to land on just those two numbers or could it be talking about every number.

I have my answer already, I'm just a little confused on how it's worded.

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When they ask, "Suppose you roll a standard cube once. Are rolling a 4 and a 3 mutually exclusive?" Are they asking whether or not it's hard to for it to land on just those two numbers or could it be talking about every number.

I have my answer already, I'm just a little confused on how it's worded.

nampa · Answer

I feel kinda dumb asking this, but i'm an easily confused person....

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

`Are rolling a 4 and a 3 mutually exclusive?` 
is the same as asking 
`is it possible to roll a 4 AND a 3 at the same time on the same number cube?`

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

well I guess the two aren't exactly 100% equivalent but they're very similar ideas

since it's NOT possible to roll a 4 AND a 3 at the same time on the same cube, this means the two events are mutually exclusive. If one event happens, then the other cannot happen.

nampa · Answer

Oh, okay. I wasn't entirely sure one what it was asking, but I had the correct answer after all. Thanks for helping me!

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

you're welcome