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Determine whether the following event is mutually exclusive or not mutually exclusive.

Choosing a student who is a mathematics major or a business major from a nearby university to participate in a research study. (Assume that each student only has one major.)

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The event is mutually exclusive.

Explanation:

Mutually exclusive events are events that cannot exist simultaneously.

Thus, events that are not mutually exclusive can exist simultaneously.

Since each student only has one major, a single student cannot be both a mathematics major and a business major.

So, the event is mutually exclusive.

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