Complementary Probability

Probability inherits complementary counting: an event and its complement exhaust the sample space, so their probabilities add to 1.

What you'll learn

  • Identify the exact complement of an event and verify that the two events cover the sample space without overlap.
  • Calculate a probability by subtracting the probability of its complement from 1.
  • Use complementary probability to solve at-least-one and other awkward event conditions.

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