Introductory Statistics 9th Edition

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Chapter 4 - Section 4.5 - Union of Events and the Addition Rule - Exercises - Page 161: 4.69

Answer

The following addition is used when the events are mutually exclusive. For example, when we toss a coin, the outcomes are either heads or tails. P(A or B) =0.5+0.5=1.0

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