Probability of Mutually Exclusive Events Practice

There are fourteen shirts in your closet, seven blue and seven green. Six of the blue shirts and four of the green shirts fit well. The others are too big. You randomly select a shirt to wear. It is blue or fits well.

Are the events in this problem mutually exclusive?

• Mutually Exclusive

• Not Mutually Exclusive

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There are fourteen shirts in your closet, seven blue and seven green. Six of the blue shirts and four of the green shirts fit well. The others are too big. You randomly select a shirt to wear. It is blue or fits well.

What is the total number of shirts in your closet?

Mathematical Equivalence

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There are fourteen shirts in your closet, seven blue and seven green. Six of the blue shirts and four of the green shirts fit well. The others are too big. You randomly select a shirt to wear. It is blue or fits well.

How many shirts are blue?

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

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There are fourteen shirts in your closet, seven blue and seven green. Six of the blue shirts and four of the green shirts fit well. The others are too big. You randomly select a shirt to wear. It is blue or fits well.

How many shirts are green?

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

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There are fourteen shirts in your closet, seven blue and seven green. Six of the blue shirts and four of the green shirts fit well. The others are too big. You randomly select a shirt to wear. It is blue or fits well.

How many blue shirts fit well?

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

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There are fourteen shirts in your closet, seven blue and seven green. Six of the blue shirts and four of the green shirts fit well. The others are too big. You randomly select a shirt to wear. It is blue or fits well.

How many green shirts fit well?

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

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There are fourteen shirts in your closet, seven blue and seven green. Six of the blue shirts and four of the green shirts fit well. The others are too big. You randomly select a shirt to wear. It is blue or fits well.

What is the probability of selecting a blue shirt at random?

• 7/14 = 1/2

• 8/14 = 2/3

• 6/14 = 3/7

• 5/14

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There are fourteen shirts in your closet, seven blue and seven green. Six of the blue shirts and four of the green shirts fit well. The others are too big. You randomly select a shirt to wear. It is blue or fits well.

What is the probability of selecting a shirt that fits well at random?

• 7/14 = 1/2

• 10/14 = 5/7

• 6/14 = 3/7

• 11/14

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There are fourteen shirts in your closet, seven blue and seven green. Six of the blue shirts and four of the green shirts fit well. The others are too big. You randomly select a shirt to wear. It is blue or fits well.

What is the probability of selecting a blue shirt that fits well at random?

• 6/14 = 3/7

• 7/14 = 1/2

• 10/14 = 5/7

• 11/14

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There are fourteen shirts in your closet, seven blue and seven green. Six of the blue shirts and four of the green shirts fit well. The others are too big. You randomly select a shirt to wear. It is blue or fits well.

What is the probability of selecting a blue shirt or one that fits well at random?

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

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