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One student is selected at random from a student body. Suppose the probability that this student is female is 0.5 and the probability that this student works part time is 0.6. Are the two events "female" and "working" mutually exclusive?
15 years ago

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PsyDAG
Think of it, mutually exclusive would mean that females cannot work. What do you think?
15 years ago
George
No
8 years ago

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