Probability of Atleast One of the Events Occuring

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This refers to the addition rule.

The additional rule determines the probability of atleast one of the events occuring.

P (A or B) = P (A) + P (B) - P (A and B)

If A and B are mutually exclusive, then P(A and B) = 0, so the rule can be simplified as follows: