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Suppose A and B are two events such that 0< P(A)<1 and 0< P(B)<1. Show that...

Suppose A and B are two events such that 0< P(A)<1 and 0< P(B)<1. Show that if P(A|B) =P(A|Bc), then A and B are not mutually exclusive.

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