Glossary · Phase 2 · Math, when you need it
Mutually exclusive
Events that can't both happen at once, like a die showing 2 and showing 5. Their chances simply add.
Learn it properly
Probability basics · Events, outcomes and the rules for combining them. About 25 minutes.
Other terms from the same lesson
- complement: Everything except the event: the chance something does not happen is 1 minus the chance it does.
- independent: Two events are independent when one happening doesn't change the chance of the other, like two separate coin flips.
- probability: How likely something is, from 0 (never) to 1 (certain).
- seed: A starting number for a random generator. The same seed gives the same "random" numbers every run, so results can be repeated.