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What is Mutually Exclusive Events?

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Mutually Exclusive Events


Two events are mutually exclusive if they cannot occur at the same time. Another word that means mutually exclusive is disjoint.

If two events are disjoint, then the probability of them both occurring at the same time is 0.

Disjoint: P(A and B) = 0
If two events are mutually exclusive, then the probability of either occurring is the sum of the probabilities of each occurring.