Mutually Exclusive
What Mutually Exclusive means in Mathematics GCSE, as defined for AQA, Eduqas, Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Events that cannot happen at the same time (e.g., rolling a 2 and rolling a 5 on a single die).
Events that cannot happen at the same time. If A happens, B cannot happen.
Events that cannot happen at the same time.
Unable to occur together on the same trial.
Topics that use Mutually Exclusive
- Probability (AQA GCSE)
- Probability (Eduqas GCSE)
- Probability (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Independent Events
- relative frequency
- Sample space
- Equally likely outcomes
- Expected frequency
- expected outcomes
- Independent and dependent events
- Mutually exclusive events
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