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Why you must add the probabilities when it is a mutually exclusive event?

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Because its impossible for both of them to happen together

The probability of A and b together equals 0 - impossible





















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In probability theory, two events are said to be mutually exclusive if they cannot occur at the same time or simultaneously. In other words, mutually exclusive events are called disjoint events. If two events are considered disjoint events, then the probability of both events occurring at the same time will be zero.
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