document.write( "Question 1181028: Which of these is a non-mutually exclusive event?
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document.write( "A. Rolling an 8 on a six-sided die
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document.write( " B. Getting four 5 balls in a row from the same lottery machine with 35 balls C. Getting a head and a tail on a single coin toss
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document.write( "D. A pair of dice rolling 3 and 6 \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #810840 by ikleyn(52781)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! .\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " T R I P L I C A T E\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Hello, I saw several similar posts today, and I suppose that they all came from one person.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "In all these posts, you insistently/systematically use the combination of words \"a non-mutually exclusive event\".\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " This combination of words is ERRONEOUS and INCORRECT.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "When people talk about mutually exclusive events, they ALWAYS use PLURAL to denote two or more events.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "One single event CAN NOT be a mutually exclusive: only a pair of events, meaning two events, \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "or even more than two events should be considered to apply this term to them, but not one single event.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " So, PLEASE never say it again \"a non-mutually exclusive event\".\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "When you say it this way, you demonstrate FROM THE VERY BEGINNING that you do not know terminology \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "and do not understand the subject you are talking about.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "See this authoritative source - Wikipedia article on \"mutually exclusive events\"\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_exclusivity\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "When you come with correct terminology, then a discussion and explanations will be possible.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "///////////////\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "***************************************************************************************\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " Also, do not try demonstrate boundless stubbornness - - - it is COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "***************************************************************************************\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "In more simple terms, if after my explanations I see similar post with the same deficiency, I will simply delete it.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |