If the knowledge that an event A has occurred implies that a second event B cannot occur, then the events A and B are said to be A. disjoint. B. independent. C. the sample space. D. collectively exhaustive. (b) If event A and event B are as above and event A has probability 0.5 and event B has probability 0.1, then the probability that A or B occurs is  _______________

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 If the knowledge that an event A has occurred implies that a second event B cannot occur, then the events A and B are said to be

A. disjoint.
B. independent.
C. the sample space.
D. collectively exhaustive.

(b) If event A and event B are as above and event A has probability 0.5 and event B has probability 0.1, then the probability that A or B occurs is 

_______________

 .

 

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