Mutually exclusive and non-mutually exclusive events

1. The probability of rolling a 5 or a number greater than 3 when a die is rolled.

• Mutually exclusive events

• Non-mutually exclusive events

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1. Tiles with each letter of the alphabet are placed in a bag, and one is drawn at random. The probability of getting a vowel or a letter from the word “myth”.

• Mutually exclusive events

• Non-mutually exclusive events

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1. A card is drawn from a standard deck of cards. The probability of drawing an ace or a king card.

• Mutually exclusive events

• Non-mutually exclusive events

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Each of the numbers from 1 to 30 is written on a card and placed in a bag. One card is drawn at random. The probability that the number is a multiple of 5 or a multiple of 10.

• Mutually exclusive events

• Non-mutually exclusive events

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1. A box of chocolates contains 6 milk chocolates and 4 dark chocolates. 2 of the milk chocolates and 3 of the dark chocolates have peanuts inside. You randomly select and eat a chocolate. The probability that it is a milk chocolate or has peanuts inside.

• Mutually exclusive events

• Non-mutually exclusive events

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A card is drawn at random from a deck of 52 cards. What is the probability that the card drawn is a face or diamond card?

• The probability is 25/52 or approximately 48%

• The probability is 1/2 or approximately 50%

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A box contains 5 red, 7 blue and 13 yellow marbles. If one marble is picked at random, find the probability that the marble picked is a blue or a yellow?

• 20/25 or 4/5

• 12/25

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In a class of 30 students, 15 of them like watching horror movies and 13 of them like watching romance movies. If there are 5 students who like watching both horror and romance movies, what is probability of randomly selecting a student who likes horror or romance movies?

• 28/30 or 14/15

• 23/30

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Tiles with each letter of the alphabet are placed in a bag, and one is drawn at random. What is the probability of getting a vowel or a letter from the word “rhythms”?

• 10/26 or 5/13

• 12/26 or 6/13

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A restaurant serves a bowl of candies to their customers. The bowl of candies that Bea receives has 10 chocolate-flavored candies, 8 coffee-flavored candies, and 12 milk-flavored candies. After she randomly chooses a candy, she eats it. Find the probability that that candy she ate is chocolate-flavored or milk-flavored.

• 14/30 or 7/15

• 22/30 or 11/15

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