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The opposite or complement of an event A is(that is, the event of A not occurring)is

   $ P(A') = 1 - P(A)\, $

If two events, A and B are independent then the joint probability is

   $ P(A \mbox{ and }B) =  P(A \cap B) = P(A) P(B)\, $

If two events are mutually exclusive then the probability of either occurring is

   $ P(A\mbox{ or }B) =  P(A \cup B)= P(A) + P(B) $

If the events are not mutually exclusive then

   $ \mathrm{P}\left(A \hbox{ or } B\right)=\mathrm{P}\left(A\right)+\mathrm{P}\left(B\right)-\mathrm{P}\left(A \mbox{ and } B\right) $

Conditional probability is written P(A|B), and is read "the probability of A, given B"

   $ P(A \mid B) = \frac{P(A \cap B)}{P(B)}\, $


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