Mutually Exclusive Events

Free SOA Exam P (Probability) lesson in General Probability. 12 min read, ~1,854 words.

Mutually exclusive:, events cannot both occur. Simple addition rule: when mutually exclusive. Partition of S: mutually exclusive + exhaustive, probabilities sum to 1. Mutually exclusive independent: ME events are maximally dependent. If, the events cannot be mutually exclusive.

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