document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1031555>Question 1031555</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A player draws one card from a special deck of 27 playing cards shown here. The deck, which is thoroughly shuffled, consists of 9 cards numbered one (1) through nine (9) that are printed in green ink, 9 cards numbered one (1) through nine (9) that are printed in blue ink, and 9 cards numbered one (1) through nine (9) that are printed in red ink.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The two events, \"a card with a green number on it\" and \"a number greater than 7\" are<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "		A		Independent but not mutually exclusive events<BR>\n" );
document.write( "		B		Mutually exclusive but not independent events<BR>\n" );
document.write( "		C		Independent and mutually exclusive events<BR>\n" );
document.write( "		D		Neither independent nor mutually exclusive events<BR>\n" );
document.write( "		E		Impossible to determine if they are mutually exclusive or independent events because of insufficient information given </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Kind of a stretch to call drawing one card \"two events\".  But you can eliminate answer B and C immediately.  Mutually exclusive clearly doesn't apply since a green 8 and a green 9 exist.  If \"green\" and \">7\" were mutually exclusive, they couldn't both happen, yet there is a 2 in 27 chance that it can occur.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The events are independent because, for example, choosing a green card does not alter the probability of choosing an 8 or a 9.  And choosing an 8 or a 9 doesn't alter the probability of choosing green.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it\r<BR>\n" );
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