SOLUTION: If we roll a pair of dice, which of the following pairs of events are mutually exclusive? Event A is tolling a 1 on the first die. Event B is rolling a 2 on the second die.

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Question 1168693: If we roll a pair of dice, which of the following pairs of events are mutually exclusive? Event A is tolling a 1 on the first die. Event B is rolling a 2 on the second die.
Answer by ikleyn(52776) About Me  (Show Source):
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Events A and B are not mutually exclusive, since they can appear simulataneously: the probability of this simultaneous event is not 0.

By the way, the probability of this simultaneous event is 1%2F36.