Two dice are thrown. The events $A, B$ and $C$ are as follows:
$A:$ getting an even number on the first die.
$B:$ getting an odd number on the first die.
$C:$ getting the sum of the numbers on the dice $\leq 5$.
State true or false: (give reason for your answer)
Statement: $A', B', C$ are mutually exclusive and exhaustive.

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(B) The sample space $S$ contains $36$ outcomes.
$A = \{(2,1), (2,2), (2,3), (2,4), (2,5), (2,6), (4,1), (4,2), (4,3), (4,4), (4,5), (4,6), (6,1), (6,2), (6,3), (6,4), (6,5), (6,6)\}$
$B = \{(1,1), (1,2), (1,3), (1,4), (1,5), (1,6), (3,1), (3,2), (3,3), (3,4), (3,5), (3,6), (5,1), (5,2), (5,3), (5,4), (5,5), (5,6)\}$
Since $A$ is the event of getting an even number on the first die,$A' = B$. Similarly,$B' = A$.
$C = \{(1,1), (1,2), (1,3), (1,4), (2,1), (2,2), (2,3), (3,1), (3,2), (4,1)\}$
For events to be mutually exclusive,the intersection of any two events must be empty $(\phi)$.
Check $B' \cap C = A \cap C = \{(2,1), (2,2), (2,3), (4,1)\} \neq \phi$.
Since the intersection is not empty,the events are not mutually exclusive.
Therefore,the statement is false.

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