Algebra 1

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0133500403
ISBN 13: 978-0-13350-040-0

Chapter 12 - Data Analysis and Probability - 12-8 Probability of Compound Events - Lesson Check - Page 768: 5

Answer

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Work Step by Step

It is mutually exclusive because they cannot happen at the same time. For example: Tossing a coin When you flip a coin, there are two outcomes. Heads or tails. Where: P (Tails) =$\frac{1}{2}$ P (Heads) = 1- P (Head) = 1- $\frac{1}{2}$ = $\frac{1}{2}$
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