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Let E and F be two events that are mutually exclusive and suppose P(E)=.4 and P(F)=.2. Compute P(E intersect F)
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Let E and F be two events that are mutually exclusive and suppose P(E)=.4 and P(F)=.2. Compute P(E intersect F)
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Let E and F be two events that are mutually exclusive and suppose P(E)=.4 and P(F)=.2. Compute P(E intersect F)
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Given that these two events are mutually exclusive, there's no any relation between them, so:
Then, the probability for this problem is given by:
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P (E intersect F) refers to the probability of both events E and F happening at the same time. But since we are told that the events are mutually exclusive, it means that they cannot both occur simultaneously.
Therefore P (E intersect F) = 0
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