Using a standard deck of 52 playing cards are the events of getting an ace and getting a jack on the card drawnmutually exclusive?
A) No
B) Yes

Question

Using a standard deck of 52 playing cards are the events of getting an ace and getting a jack on the card drawnmutually exclusive?
A) No 
B) Yes

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Mutually exclusive events cannot happen at the same time. Since an ace and a jack are different ranks in a deck of cards, drawing an ace means you cannot draw a jack at the same time, and vice versa. However, the question asks if these events are mutually exclusive, which they are, because one event happening (drawing an ace) means the other event (drawing a jack) cannot happen on the same draw.

Using a Standard Deck of 52 Playing Cards Are the Events