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mutually exclusive events

mutually exclusive events Mutually exclusive events are events that cannot both occur in the same case.

Mutually exclusive events are events that cannot both occur in the same case. In probability, the chance that one or the other will occur is found by adding their separate probabilities.

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Drafting source: Baldwin, Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, volume II. 1902 original US edition; OCR SHA-256 b86b5dbbaa0a0b3ecf6c8b0a089a7ca5409b9bac4e6481cba91c99bba16f31bd. “Baldwin, Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, volume II” (philopsych02balduoft:chars-1963500-1975500).
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