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  • Oct 6, 2010, 02:09 PM
    jpogirl26
    Are mutually exclusive events also complementary events?
  • Oct 7, 2010, 02:27 AM
    Unknown008

    Not necessarily.

    Say you have a die and roll it.

    Let A be the event a number greater than 4 is obtained.
    Let B be the event a number smaller than 3 is obtained.

    Events A and B are exclusive, but they are not complementary because:


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