alleryStart learning →Two events that share no outcomes at all are described as:
AIndependent events
BComplementary sets
CConditional pairs
DMutually exclusive
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Mutually exclusive
1. Sharing no outcomes means the two events can never both occur.
2. This means that A and B do not share any outcomes and the probability of A and B is zero.
3. Events related this way are mutually exclusive.
4. Independent and mutually exclusive do not mean the same thing.
_Source: OpenStax Introductory Statistics 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 3 'Probability Topics', sections 3.1-3.5_
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