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The probability of happening of an event A is 0.5 and that of B is 0.3. If A and B are mutually exclusive events, then the probability of neither A nor B is….. Select the correct answer from above options

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`P(overset(-)(A)capoverset(-)(B))=P(bar(AcupB))=1-P(AcupB)` `=1-[P(A)+P(B)]" "["since, A and B are mutually exclusive"]` `=1-(0.5+0.3)=1-0.8=0.2`

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