 | Alfred Monroe Kenyon, William Vernon Lovitt - Mathematics - 1917 - 368 pages
...holds one ticket out of a total of 1000 tickets. Ans. 30 cents. 222. Mutually Exclusive Events. Two events are said to be mutually exclusive if the occurrence of one of them precludes the occurrence of the other. For example, in a race between A, B, and C, if A wins,... | |
 | Thomas Milton Putnam - Finance - 1925 - 160 pages
...(5). 9. Five coins are tossed; what is the probability that exactly three of them are "heads"? 43. Mutually exclusive events. — Two or more events are said to be mutually exclusive when the occurrence of any one of them precludes the possibility of any of the others. As an illustration,... | |
 | C L Arora - Science - 2010 - 1238 pages
...multiplicative law of probability. (HPU, 1991) Ans. (í) Additive law of probability. This law is applicable to mutually exclusive events. 'Two or more events are...said to be mutually exclusive if the occurrence of any one of them prevents the occurrence of others. ' Such events never occur simultaneously. Consider... | |
 | Martin E. O'Connor, Lawrence E. Probst - Cost effectiveness - 1979 - 348 pages
...likely to buy than women.) RULES FOR DEALING WITH PROBABILITIES Addition of Probabilities A set of events are said to be mutually exclusive if the occurrence of one excludes the occurrence of any of the others. For example, in drawing cards from a deck, the occurrence of the event "draw of... | |
 | Max Fogiel, Research and Education Association - Mathematics - 1984 - 1112 pages
..."U" means that A and/or В can occur. Now P(AU B) = P(A) + P(B) if A and В are mutually exclusive. Two or more events are said to be mutually exclusive if the occurrence of any one of them excludes the occurrence of the others. In this case, we cannot obtain a six and a seven... | |
 | A. J. Sadler, D. W. S. Thorning - Mathematics - 1987 - 614 pages
...on die) = P(a red card) x P(a 1 or 2 on die) Mutually exclusive events As was seen on page 191 two events are said to be mutually exclusive if the occurrence of one automatically excludes the possibility of the other occurring. In tossing a coin, if the outcome is... | |
 | Probabilities - 334 pages
...symbol "U" means that A and/or B can occur. Now P {AUB} = P {A} + {B} if A and B are mutually exclusive. Two or more events are said to be mutually exclusive if the occurrence of any one of them excludes the occurrence of the others. In this case, we cannot obtain a six and a seven... | |
 | Max Fogiel, Research and Education Association - Mathematics - 1978 - 1068 pages
..."U" means that A and/or В can occur. Now P (AUB) = P (A) + P (B) if A and В are mutually exclusive. Two or more events are said to be mutually exclusive if the occurrence of any one of them excludes the occurrence of the others. In this case, we cannot obtain a six and a seven... | |
 | Lorne T. Kirby - Science - 1993 - 383 pages
...calculations. Probability of Combined Events: Addition and Multiplication Rules Two events A and B are said to be mutually exclusive if the occurrence of one excludes the occurrence of the other. For example, the events "an individual is Caucasian" and "an individual is Oriental" are mutually... | |
 | X. Rong Li - Technology & Engineering - 1999 - 480 pages
...affect the occurrence of the other. Mathematically, that is, P{A П B} = P{A}P{B}. They are disjoint (or mutually exclusive) if the occurrence of one excludes the occurrence of the other; that is, А П В = 0. P{AB} Р[A}Р{B} P{A + B} ******* P{A} + P{B} Total probability theorem... | |
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Two or more events are said to be mutually exclusive if the occurrence of any one of them excludes the occurrence of the others. 
