The sum of probabilities of two mutually exclusive events will be 1.

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The correct option is B
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The sum of probabilities of two mutually exclusive events will not always be 1.
For example, consider the events “getting a prime value”, and “getting a composite value” for the experiment, rolling a dice. They are mutually exclusive, but the sum of their probabilities is less than 1.

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