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Opposite, Mutually Exclusive and Overlapping Events

Learn that opposite events add to 1, and that combining two events with 'or' means counting any overlap only once.

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Two ways events relate to each other

Sometimes you want the probability of an event NOT happening. Other times you want the probability of one event OR another — and those two events might share some outcomes.