Question

What are some examples of disjoint events?

Answer 1

Disjoint events (or "mutually exclusive" events, as my teacher calls them) are events which cannot occur at the same time.

Explanation:

For instance, suppose you pick one card from a standard deck of playing cards. The probability of getting a king AND queen is 0, because a normal playing card never has two faces on it.
Thus, "K" (king) and "Q" (queen) are disjoint events.

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