Try it on paper first. A hint, the key idea and the worked solution are here when you need them.
A fair die is rolled once. Event is "a " and event is "an even number". Are and mutually exclusive? Find . Then find the probability that the die shows neither a nor an even number. Give decimals to four places.
. For any two events . If and are mutually exclusive, the overlap is .
Have you tried it?
Work it out on paper first. It is fine to get stuck or make a mistake: that is how we learn. When you are ready, go through the solution one step at a time, and check each step against your own.
Step 1. Exclusive? Yes. A is not even, so the events cannot happen together.
Step 2. Add. .
Step 3. Neither. . These are the rolls and .
Answer: about and .
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