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Not Mutually Exclusive Events

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Mutually Exclusive Events
When two events cannot happen at the same time.
Not Mutually Exclusive Events
When two events can happen at the same time.
Rolling a prime number and rolling a number less than 6 on a die.
This isn't mutually exclusive because you can roll a prime number and roll a number less than 6 at the same time.
In an event of rolling a die, The event of getting an even number and the event of getting a number greater than 3 is....?
The event of getting an even number {2, 4, 6}
The event of getting a number greater than 3 {4, 5, 6}
So we can say that this event is not mutually exclusive.
Finding non-mutually exclusive events
When you find a non-mutually exclusive event, two non-mutually exclusive propositions are propositions that logically can be true at the same time. Another term for non-mutually exclusive events is compatible. The equation for finding non-mutually exclusive events is P(A or B)= P(A)+P(B)-P(A or B)
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