This screencast on how to use The addition rule

When finding the probability of one situation or another together (this or that
happening)
The addition rule is used to avoid double counting
(Venn diagram of a on one side and b on another to show how stuff can over lap)
So the probability one thing happening (A) or another thing happening (b)
subtracted by the probability a AND b both happening
P just means probability
P(a or b)=p(a) +p(b) p(a and b)
The difference between a or b and a and b is a or b happening means the
probability of either a or b happening and a and b is the probability of both
happening
Example
There are a 100 students
67 people like vanilla
The
52 like chocolate
20 like both
What is the probability a chosen student like vanilla or chocolate ice cream ?
So you add the probability that the person will like vanilla (a) 67/100 and the
probability that someone might like chocolate (b) 52/100 then subtract the
probability that someone might like chocolate AND vanilla which is 20
67 (a) + 52 (b) = 119 - 20 (a and b) = 99
So the probability a student likes vanilla OR chocolate is 99/100 100 because
100 people surveyed

There is 1 student un accounted for who may like strawberry or cookie dough or
something else
But the probability that a person doesn't like vanilla or chocolate is chosen is
1/100
(Draw lonely person because only one doesn't like chocolate or vanilla just
because)
Sometimes events are mutually exclusive so the rule is a little different
Events are mutually exclusive when they don't over Lap
(Two different diagram that show how one is overlapping and how one isn't and
labeled mutually exclusive or not)
Example a mutually exclusive might be what's the probability of picking a red
marble out of bag of half red and half blue marbles
When you pick out a marble if it's red it can't also be blue (I'm not sure how
correct I am right now)
(Drawing of marble that's red with arrow saying can't be blue
A situation that's not mutually exclude is the ice cream situation we just had
Picking a student at random they could like vanilla but they could also like
chocolate
So the situation over laps so you have to do p(a)+p(b)-(a and b)
But if the two events are mutually exclusive all you need to do is p(a) + p(b)
because they don't overlap