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Independent and mutually exclusive are terms that:
ADo not mean the same thing
BMean exactly the same thing
CAre opposites of each other
DApply only to fair dice
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Do not mean the same thing
1. The two ideas are commonly confused because both concern a pair of events.
2. Mutually exclusive means the two events cannot both occur.
3. Independent means one event's occurrence does not change the other's probability.
4. Independent and mutually exclusive do not mean the same thing.
_Source: OpenStax Introductory Statistics 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 3 'Probability Topics', sections 3.1-3.5_
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