What is the meaning of mutually exclusive events? What is meant by collectively exhaustive? Give an example of each.
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In other words, if one event happens, the other event cannot happen. For example, if we toss a coin, the event of getting heads and the event of getting tails are mutually exclusive. We cannot get both heads and tails at the same time. Show more…
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