Mutually Exclusive Events

The addition rule is a result used to determine the probability that event A or event B occurs or both occur.

Mutually Exclusive Events: Two events are mutually exclusive (or disjoint) if it is impossible for them to occur together; they cannot happen at the same time.

 

Learn more about mutually exclusive events by reading the explanation below.

Mutually Exclusive Events


Practice: Answer the following exercises about mutually exclusive events.

Mutually Exclusive Events 1

Mutually Exclusive Events 2