Mutually exclusive and complementary events

What are mutually exclusive events?

• Events that can happen at the same time

• Events that cannot happen at the same time

• Events that add up to 100%

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CCSS.HSS.CP.B.7

Tossing a coin and landing on heads and tails

• Mutually exclusive

• Not mutually exclusive

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

Rolling a 6 or an even number

• Mutually exclusive

• Not mutually exclusive

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

CCSS.7.SP.C.7

CCSS.7.SP.C.8

Rolling a six and rolling an odd number

• Mutually exclusive

• Not mutually exclusive

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

CCSS.7.SP.C.8

Drawing a red or a black from a deck of cards

• Mutually exclusive

• Not mutually exclusive

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

Drawing a red or an ace from a deck of cards

• Mutually exclusive

• Not mutually exclusive

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

CCSS.7.SP.C.7

CCSS.7.SP.C.8

What are complementary events?

• Events that cannot happen at the same time

• Events that happen at the same time

• Events that are mutually exclusive and add up to 1 (or 100%)

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

CCSS.7.SP.C.7

What is the complement to: rolling an even number

• Not rolling an even number (rolling an odd number)

• rolling a 2,4,6

• Rolling a number less than 4

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

CCSS.7.SP.C.7

What is the complement to: Winning State of Origin

• Losing State of Origin

• Not winning State of Origin

• Winning Game 1

• Both a) and b)

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.1

The complement of rolling a 3 is:

• Rolling an odd number

• Not rolling a 3

• Rolling an even number

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

CCSS.7.SP.C.7