The probability of an event happening and the probability of the same event not happening (or the complement) must be a

complement event

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sure event

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impossible event

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exhaustive event

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The correct option is A sure event
The probability of an event happening and the probability of the same event not happening (or the complement) must be a sure event.
$P (E) + P (¯ E) = 1$

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