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The term mutually exclusive refers to 2 or more events of incidents, in which the happening of one event precludes the happening of the other. Mutually exclusive can be applied less formally to the dating world, in which a couple who has been dating become more serious, and therefore mutually exclusive with one another.
It is the opposite of mutually exclusive. Potentially inclusive are events that can happen at the same time, as mutually exclusive events can't.
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No because the term mutually exclusive implies the the trials that could result in these events are sequenced in time.
If two events ARE mutually exclusive, then it means that they can not both happen simultaneously. For example, if we flip a coin, it can only be heads or tails, not both. an example of not mutually exclusive events are strong winds and rain. it could be strong wind, or rain, or both.