Two events are said to be mutually exclusive:

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Key PointsTwo events are considered mutually exclusive when they cannot occur at the same time or overlap.

If the occurrence of one event implies that the other event cannot occur, then they are said to be mutually exclusive.
- For example, if a coin is tossed and it lands heads up, then it cannot land tails up at the same time, so these two events are considered mutually exclusive.
- Another example is rolling a die and getting an odd number versus getting an even number - these two events are mutually exclusive because it is impossible to get both an odd and an even number on the same roll.