Question

Which of the following events are not mutually exclusive according to the following information: A bowl has 10 pieces of fruit: 4 yellow bananas, 3 red apples, 2 brown kiwis, and 1 red strawberry. a. a banana or an apple c. a strawberry or a red fruit b. a banana or a kiwi d. a kiwi or a red fruit

Answer 1

c. a strawberry or a red fruit

Explanation:

Since, Banana and apple, banana and kiwi are different fruits. Also, it is given that kiwi is brown, thus kiwi or a red fruit are different sets. So they are mutually exclusive.

Since strawberry is red fruit. Thus a strawberry or a red fruit is not mutually exclusive.

Further, If two sets A and B is Mutually Exclusive, then any units of Set A is not a member of Set B and vice-versa.