Engineering
Mathematics
Basic Definitions Related to Probability
Question

"The occurrence of one event excludes the occurrence of another event". In a random experiment of probability theory, it is called

Complementray event

Impossible event

Mutually exclusive event

Certain event

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Solution
The occurrence of one event excludes the occurrence of the other event.
In a random experiment of probability theory, this means that the occurence of one event does not affect the occurrence of another. Hence, they are called mutually exclusive events.
Therefore, C is the correct option.