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Decide whether the following two events are disjoint.

1. Randomly selecting someone who is married.
2. Randomly selecting someone who owns a car.

a) Yes, because the event cannot occur at the same time.
b) Yes, because can occur at the same time.
c) No, cannot occur at the same time.
d) No, can occur at the same time.

User Bazdin
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Disjoint, is defined in this context is tthat two events CAN'T occur at the same time.
so one can select someone who is married and owns a car
so i conclude option d is correct that is
.
No, can occur at the same time.
hope it helps
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