Critical Thinking Suppose two events A and B are independent, with P(A) 0 and P(B)

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Critical Thinking Suppose two events A and B are independent, with P(A)  0 and P(B)  0. By working through the following steps, you’ll see why two independent events are not mutually exclusive.

(a) What formula is used to compute P(A and B)? Is P(A and B)  0? Explain.

(b) Using the information from part (a), can you conclude that events A and B are not mutually exclusive?

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Understandable Statistics Concepts And Methods

ISBN: 9780357719176

13th Edition

Authors: Charles Henry Brase, Corrinne Pellillo Brase

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