Mutually exclusive events

Definition

Events that cannot both occur in the same trial.

Used by AQA, Edexcel and OCR

Specification P8 · Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3

Specification P4, P8 · Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3

Events that cannot both occur in the same trial; they have no outcomes in common.
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Events that cannot both occur in the same trial or along the same complete outcome path.

Specification 11.02e · Paper 1 (Foundation), Paper 2 (Foundation), Paper 3 (Foundation), Paper 4 (Higher), Paper 5 (Higher), Paper 6 (Higher)