Question

The probability a guest at a downtown hotel arrived via taxi is 0.42. The probability a guest arriving at a downtown hotel requested parking for a car is 0.29. Assume a guest arriving by taxi is mutually exclusive of a guest requesting parking for a car. What is the probability of a guest arriving by taxi and requesting parking for a car?

Answer 1

0% probability of a guest arriving by taxi and requesting parking for a car.

Explanation:

Two events are said to be mutually exclusive if one event precludes the other. That means that if A and B are mutually exclusive, the probability of A and B happening at the same time is 0%.

In this problem, we have that a guest arriving via taxi and requesting parking at the hotel are mutually exclusive.

So there is a 0% probability of a guest arriving by taxi and requesting parking for a car.