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If P(A)=1/3 and P(B)=1/6 and A and B are mutually exclusive envents,what is P(A and B)?

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They are mutually exclusive, therefore both events cannot happen at the same time... P(A and B) = 0

an example of a mutually exclusive event would be picking marbles out of a bag that contains red marbles and green marbles. If you pick only one marble you will get either red or green, but you will never get a marble that is red AND green. Does that make sense?
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