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?