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A statistics class has 4 teaching assistants (TAs): three female assistants (Lauren, Rona, and Leila) and one male assistant (Josh). Each TA teaches one discussion section.
-A student picks a discussion section. The two events W = {the TA is a woman} and M = {the TA is a man} are
A) independent events.
B) disjoint (mutually exclusive) events.
C) each simple events.
D) None of the above.

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 A statistics class has 4 teaching assistants (TAs): three female assistants (Lauren, Rona, and Leila) and one male assistant (Josh). Each TA teaches one discussion section.
-A student picks a discussion section. The two events W = {the TA is a woman} and M = {the TA is a man} are
A) independent events.
B) disjoint (mutually exclusive) events.
C) each simple events.
D) None of the above.

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Events W and M are disjoint (mutually exclusive) because a TA cannot be both a woman and a man at the same time, meaning if one event occurs, the other cannot.

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