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Use the addition rule to prove that $P(A)+P\left(A^{\prime}\right)=1$ for any complementary events $A$ and $A^{\prime}$
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Mathematically, this can be written as: \[P(A \cup B) = P(A) + P(B) - P(A \cap B)\] Show more…
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