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Expression for probability of event in terms of complement event
Formulation 0
Let $P = (\Omega, \mathcal{F}, \mathbb{P})$ be a D1159: Probability space such that
(i) $E \in \mathcal{F}$ is an D1716: Event in $P$
Then \begin{equation} \mathbb{P}(E) = 1 - \mathbb{P}(E^{\complement}) \end{equation}
Formulation 1
Let $P = (\Omega, \mathcal{F}, \mathbb{P})$ be a D1159: Probability space such that
(i) $E \in \mathcal{F}$ is an D1716: Event in $P$
Then \begin{equation} \mathbb{P}(E) = 1 - \mathbb{P}(\Omega \setminus E) \end{equation}
Proofs
Proof 0
Let $P = (\Omega, \mathcal{F}, \mathbb{P})$ be a D1159: Probability space such that
(i) $E \in \mathcal{F}$ is an D1716: Event in $P$
This result is a particular case of R3719: Probability of complement event. $\square$