Mutual Exclusiveness vs Independence: A Comparison

[anigeo]

what is the basic difference between mutual exclusiveness and independence?
actually i got this as a difference between fundamental principle of addition and fundamental principle of multiplication.
it is quite urgent.

 

[Stephen Tashi]

what is the basic difference between mutual exclusiveness and independence?

What similarity or "non-basic" difference do you see between the two situations?

If event A and event B are mutually exclusive then if A happens, you know B didn't happen. If the events are independent and you know A happened then this has no effect on whether B happens or not.

actually i got this as a difference between fundamental principle of addition and fundamental principle of multiplication.

Is a "fundamental principle" of addition or multiplication, terminology that you invented yourself? Or are you referring to an assumption or theorem about probabilities?