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-Decide if the events A and B are mutually exclusive or not mutually exclusive. A card is drawn from a standard deck of 52 playing cards.
A: The result is a 7.
B: The result is a jack.
A)mutually exclusive
B)not mutually exclusive

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Events A and B are mutually exclusive because the card cannot be both a 7 and a jack at the same time. Therefore, the occurrence of one event will prevent the occurrence of the other event. The events A and B are mutually exclusive because a card cannot be both a 7 and a jack at the same time.

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