SOLUTION: Assume A is an event. Find P(A OR the complement of A), and P(A AND the complement of A). Please explain your result

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Question 1026886: Assume A is an event. Find P(A OR the complement of A), and P(A AND the complement of A). Please explain your result
Answer by richard1234(7193)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
P(A or not(A)) = 1 since either A occurred or did not occur.

P(A and not(A)) = 0 since it cannot be that both A and not(A) occurred.

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