Wearing a dress and having pockets. Hint: Can a dress have pockets? OR can you wear a jacket over your dress? Wearing a dress and having pockets. Hint: Can a dress have pockets? OR can you wear a jacket over your dress? These events are NOT mutually exclusive because both events can happen at the same time. These events are mutually exclusive because it is impossible for both events to happen at the same time. that two events are mutually exclusive if the probability of both events happening at the same time is zero. For example, consider flipping a coin. It can land heads up or heads down, but it cannot be both heads up and heads down simultaneously. Thus, heads and tails are mutually-exclusive events. For the following questions, determine if the pair of events are mutually exclusive