Simon is a general contractor and has submitted two bids for two projects (A and B). The probability of getting project A is 0.56. The probability of getting project B is 0.48. The probability of getting at least one of the projects is 0.88. What is the probability that she will get both projects? Are the events of getting the two projects mutually exclusive? Explain, using probabilities. Are the two events independent? Explain, using probabilities.

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Simon is a general contractor and has submitted two bids for two projects (A and B). The probability of getting project A is 0.56. The probability of getting project B is 0.48. The probability of getting at least one of the projects is 0.88.

  1. What is the probability that she will get both projects?
  2. Are the events of getting the two projects mutually exclusive? Explain, using probabilities.
  3. Are the two events independent? Explain, using probabilities.
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Denote A as the event of getting project A, and B be the probability of getting project B.

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