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CSSBB · Question #197
If the probability that event A occurs is 0.51, the probability that event B occurs is 0.64 and that probability that both A and B occur is 0.23 then:
The correct answer is D. events A and B are not mutually exclusive. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
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Question
If the probability that event A occurs is 0.51, the probability that event B occurs is 0.64 and that probability that both A and B occur is 0.23 then:
Options
- Aevents A and B are complementary
- Bevents A and B are mutually exclusive
- Cevents A and B are supplementary
- Devents A and B are not mutually exclusive
- Eevents A and B are statistically independent
How the community answered
(35 responses)- A3% (1)
- B9% (3)
- C6% (2)
- D83% (29)
Topics
#mutually exclusive events#joint probability#probability#event independence
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