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0 pointsaneesh16y ago0 comments

You don't mean mutually exclusive. You mean independent.

If events A & B are mutually exclusive, it means that if A happens, then B cannot happen, and vice-versa

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shrikant16y ago· 1 in thread

or maybe orthogonal?

eru16y ago

Would also be a good word. It taps a different area of maths for its metaphor.

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