If the probability of occurrence of event A is not affected by the occurrence of event B,then A and B are said to be:
A)mutually exclusive.
B)statistically independent.
C)collectively exhaustive.
D)basic events.

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If the probability of occurrence of one event is not affected by the occurrence of the other event, they are statistically independent. The other options are not applicable as they have different definitions. Mutually exclusive events cannot occur simultaneously, collectively exhaustive events represent all possible outcomes, and basic events are the most elementary outcomes of a random experiment.

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