Introduction to Two Basic Rules of Probability

What you’ll learn to do: use the addition and multiplication rule to calculate probabilities

two red dice on a black reflective tableMany probabilities can be determined if you know if the events are either mutually exclusive or if the events are independent. For example, the probability of rolling two sixes would require knowing how to calculate probabilities for independent events. The probability of rolling an even or a five would require knowing how to calculate probabilities for mutually exclusive events.