Independant and Mutually exclusive events

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What is an independant event ?
each event is not affected by other events
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What is a mutually exclusive event ?
events can't happen at the same time
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What is a dependant event ?
also called "Conditional", where an event is affected by other events
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What is the equation for an independant event ?
P(A ∩ B) = P(A) × P(B)

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What is the equation for a mutually exclusive event ?
P(A ∩ B) = 0
P(A ∪ B) = P(A) + P(B)
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What is the equation for a dependant event ?
P(A ∩ B) = P(A) x P(B|A)