Is this Event Mutally Exclusive?

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I am trying to calculate the following, however I'm unsure on whether this event would be Mutally Exclusive or Independent.

enter image description here Can someone help with finding the probability of the Intersection?

P(A) = 7/20

P(B) = 1/2

P(A Intersection B) = ? ^ Would this simply be (7/20) * (1/2) ?

P(A Union B) = ?

P(B | A) = ?

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If you actually write out the sets A and B, you can easily compute the intersection.

$$\Omega = \{1..20\}$$ $$A = \{14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20\}$$ $$B = \{2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20\}$$ With this you get $$A \cap B = \{14, 16, 18, 20\}$$ by simply looking at which elements are in both sets. Thus $$ P(A \cap B) = \frac{|A \cap B|}{|\Omega|} = \frac{4}{20} $$ which is not the same as $$P(A)*P(B) = \frac{7}{20} * \frac{1}{2} = \frac{3.5}{20},$$ because A and B are not independent.

Likewise for the union you get $$A \cup B = \{2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20\}.$$