Understanding Basic Statistics 6th Edition by Charles Henry Brase,Corrinne Pellillo Brase

Exercise 80

Critical Thinking Suppose two events A and B are independent, with P ( A ) 0 and P ( B ) 0. By working through the following steps, you'll see why two independent events are not mutually exclusive.
(a) What formula is used to compute P ( A and B ) Is P ( A and B ) 0 Explain.
(b) Using the information from part (a), can you conclude that events A and B are not mutually exclusive