Mutually Exclusive and Overlapping Events Practice

P(A) =

Type answer -> numerator/denominator

Make sure you simplify!

Determine if the events are mutually exclusive or overlapping: Drawing a red or an ace from a deck of cards

• Mutually exclusive

• Overlapping

If you are picking a card randomly from a deck of cards, the events of picking an ace and picking a ‘3’ are mutually exclusive.

• True

• False

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 their probabilities add up to 1 (or 100%)

When rolling a single die, the events of rolling an even number and rolling a ‘5’ are mutually exclusive.

• True

• False

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%

Which of the following shows how to determine P(football or basketball)?

• 20/100 + 55/100 - 5/100

• 55/100 + 5/100 - 20/100

• 55/100 + 20/100 + 5/100

• 75/100 + 25/100 - 20/100

If you are picking a card randomly from a deck of cards, the events of picking a jack and picking a heart are mutually exclusive.

• True

• False

When rolling a single die, the events of rolling an odd number and rolling a prime are mutually exclusive.

• True

• False

Rolling an odd number and rolling an even number on a normal six-sided die are

• Mutually exclusive

• Not mutually exclusive