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 whether the following statement is true or false and provide a reason:
Statement: $A$ and $C$ are mutually exclusive.

(B) The sample space $S$ consists of $36$ outcomes.
$A = \{(2,1), (2,2), (2,3), (2,4), (2,5), (2,6), (4,1), (4,2), (4,3), (4,4), (4,5), (4,6), (6,1), (6,2), (6,3), (6,4), (6,5), (6,6)\}$
$C = \{(1,1), (1,2), (1,3), (1,4), (2,1), (2,2), (2,3), (3,1), (3,2), (4,1)\}$
Two events are mutually exclusive if their intersection is empty,i.e.,$A \cap C = \phi$.
We observe that $A \cap C = \{(2,1), (2,2), (2,3), (4,1)\}$.
Since $A \cap C \neq \phi$,the events $A$ and $C$ are not mutually exclusive.
Therefore,the statement is False.