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

this is called mutually exclusive

They are said to be mutually exclusive.

Two events that cannot happen at the same time are called mutually exclusive events, e.g. A coin toss: Here you can either get a head or a tail.

Mutually Exclusive events

Mutually exclusive is the term used to refer to events that cannot occur simultaneously

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These two events are called mutually exclusive.

These events would be called mutually exclusive.

Hi, they are called 'mutually exclusive'.

Two events that cannot occur at the same time are known as "Mutually Exclusive" events. One of the simplest examples of this is a coin toss, Head and Tails cannot occur at the same time.

Mutually exclusive events

Events that cannot happen at the same time are called Mutually Exclusive events. Some examples of mutually exclusive events are:

(1) Even numbers and odd numbers. You cannot roll a number which is both even and odd at the same time.

(2) A deck of cards. You cannot draw a Red Spade. The card cannot be red and a spade.

(3) A train. It is either late or not late!

Because the events cannot happen at the same time, when we add the probabilites of mutually exclusive events they sum to 1.