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Chapter 5: Q 6. (page 246)

What does it mean for two or more events to be mutually exclusive?

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The intersection of events that are mutually exclusive equals zero. The reason being they don't share a common territory.

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Step 1. Given information.

The given statement is:

What does it mean for two or more events to be mutually exclusive.

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Step 2. Define what is mean for two or more events to be mutually exclusive 

Mutually exclusive events can be defined as those non-empty events which are defined on the same sample space, with no common elements between them.

Consider the below-given diagram:

The intersection of events that are mutually exclusive is zero. Because they don't share a common territory with each other.

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