It is known that the events A and B are mutually exclusive and that P(A)=0.59 and P(B)= 0.13. Find P(A and B)

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Hainabaraka · Answer 1 · 2023-10-10T05:25:15+0000

Recall that Two events A and B are mutually exclusive if they cannot happen at the same time.

Hence, the probability that both of them will occur at the same time is zero. That is,

$P(A\; \text{and}\; B)=0$

The required probabilty is 0.