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Mutually exclusive and independent eventsEdexcel A-Level Maths: Mind map

Mutually exclusive
Independent

Events

exclusive vs independent

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Exam questions on Mutually exclusive and independent events

  1. Events AA and BB are mutually exclusive, with P(A)=0.3P(A)=0.3 and P(B)=0.4P(B)=0.4.
    Show that AA and BB are not independent.2 marks
  2. Events CC and DD are independent, with P(C)=0.6P(C)=0.6 and P(D)=0.25P(D)=0.25.
    Find P(C∣D′)P(C\mid D').2 marks
  3. Events AA and BB are independent, with P(A)=0.2P(A)=0.2 and P(A∪B)=0.6P(A\cup B)=0.6. Event EE is mutually exclusive with AA and also mutually exclusive with BB, and P(E)=0.3P(E)=0.3.
    Find P(B)P(B).3 marks
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Written by the Exaim team, led by Shaun Daswani (Head of Upper Secondary, Improve ME Institute; MSc Financial Mathematics, Imperial College London; BSc, UCL) and Jason Daswani (operational lead, Improve ME Institute; LSE).