The events x and y are mutually exclusive. suppose p (x) = 0.05 and p (y) = 0.02. what is the probability of either x or y occurring? your answer is. what is the probability that neither x nor y will happen? your answer is. (if your answer is '0.4', for example, don't write it as '.4')

Probability of x occurring is p (x) = 0.05

Probability of y occurring is p (y) = 0.02

Given that the two events are mutually exclusive, the probability of the two events occurring will be given by:

P (x or y) = 0.05+0.02=0.07

The answer is 0.07

The probability that neither x nor y occurs will be given by:

1-P (x or y)

=1-0.07

0.93