When two events are mutually exclusive, why is P(A and B)=0?

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Gacon · Answer 1 · 2020-03-06T06:09:12+0000

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"mutually exclusive" means "cannot happen at the same time." There's no "union" (no A ∩ B). The probability of this "union" is zero.