AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The events are mutually exclusive. If one event can occur in m ways and a second event can occur in n ways, the number of ways the two events can occur in sequence is m· n. This rule can be extended for any number of events occurring in a sequence.

Detailed explanation-2: -The additive principle states that if event A can occur in m ways, and event B can occur in n disjoint ways, then the event “A or B” can occur in m+n ways.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mutually Exclusive Events Two events are mutually exclusive if they cannot occur at the same time. Another word that means mutually exclusive is disjoint.

Detailed explanation-4: -In probability theory, two events are said to be mutually exclusive if they cannot occur at the same time or simultaneously. In other words, mutually exclusive events are called disjoint events. If two events are considered disjoint events, then the probability of both events occurring at the same time will be zero.

Detailed explanation-5: -When the outcome affects the second outcome, which is what we called dependent events. Dependent events: Two events are dependent when the outcome of the first event influences the outcome of the second event.