To determine whether the following is mutually exclusive or not mutually exclusive.
Answer to Problem 30HP
Not mutually exclusive.
Explanation of Solution
Given information :
Choosing a quadrilateral that is a square and a quadrilatroral that is a rectangle.
Two events can be mutually exclusive if there is no common outcome of the both events. Whereas if there is any common outcome then the events becomes not mutually exclusive events.
Now we know that square is a form of rectangle.
Therefore we can say that the given two events are not mutually exclusive as they share a common outcome.
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