What are two events that cannot happen at the same time called?

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Dhanush Vydyam

They are said to be mutually exclusive.

Goran Newsum

If two events can't happen at the same time then they are Mutually Exclusive

Samuel Jones

Mutually exclusive events.

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It is called Mutually Exclusive Events. A good way to remember this is to think of two events that are happening at the same time and you can only attend one or the other as its not possible to be in two places at once.

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Dawn M

Two events that cannot happen at the same time are called Mutually Exclusive.

Manav Chitkara

Mutually exclusive events

Georgia Panagi

In terms of statistical terms, when two events cannot happen simultaneously when one event supersedes the other, are called Mutually Exclusive events.

Benedict Vitai

Such events are called "mutually exclusive".

Mani

Mutually Exclusive is the answer. The probability of A or B will equal the sum of Probability of A and the Probability of B for mutually exclusive events.