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Probability 2 Mutually Exclusive and Not-Mutually Exclusive events

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You’ll learn

  • Read set notation fluently: A∪B, A∩B, AB, A′ and #A
  • Use P(A∪B) = P(A) + P(B) for mutually exclusive events
  • Use P(A∪B) = P(A) + P(B) − P(A∩B) when events can happen together
  • Solve Venn-diagram problems by labelling the intersection X and using total = 1

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