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If P(A) + P(B) = 1, does it follow that either event A or event B must occur?

Profile image of Burhan Tayyab
15 Years agoGrade
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Profile image of Mir Noaman Ali IIT-Roorkee
15 Years ago

NO IT IS NOT NECESSARY

Profile image of Ritvik Gautam
15 Years ago

No it does not mean that either or the event must occur.

for exaple... p(a) could be 0.. in that case too... P(a) + P(b) = 1

 

 

 

 

 

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