What is the difference between independent events and mutually exclusive events?
Independent events don't influence each other's probability; mutually exclusive events can't co-occur (so they're dependent).
Independent events don't influence each other's probability; mutually exclusive events can't co-occur (so they're dependent). A reliable way to keep them apart is to focus on what each one is defined by, not just the similar-sounding words.
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independent events vs mutually exclusive events
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