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

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Tarania Amirthalingam

If two events cannot occur at the same time, they are mutually exclusive.

Dhanush Vydyam

They are said to be mutually exclusive.

Jessica Crewe

Mutually Exclusive Events

An Nguyen

they are mutually exclusive

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Two events that cannot happen at the some time are called mutually exclusive.

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Mutually exclusive events.

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Nicholas Mannan

These are called Mutually exclusive events and an example of this would be if perhaps your considering the probability of a car turning left or right; both cannot happen at the same time.

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.

Benedict Vitai

Such events are called "mutually exclusive".

Georgia Panagi

In terms of statistical terms, when two events cannot happen simultaneously when one event supersedes the other, are called 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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Manav Chitkara

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