Question

Which events are mutually exclusive?

A) Jon eats 4 apples; Jon eats 1 apple.

B)Jon eats 2 apples; Jon eats 4 apples

C) Jon eats 2 apples; Jon eats more than 2 apples

D)Jon eats more than 1 apple; Jon eats 3 apples

Answer 1

Mutually exclusive events are the set of events that can not occur together. For example while tossing a coin, the occurrence of both Head and Tail cannot not appear. Either head will come or tail.

Option C is correct.

Jon eats 2 apples; Jon eats more than 2 apples.

Both these events cannot occur together . Hence these are mutually exclusive events.