A fair coin is tossed 3 times. Let X be the number of heads among the first two tosses and number of heads among the last two tosses. a) Find the joint probability distribution function of X and Y.

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A fair coin is tossed 3 times. Let X be the number of heads among the first two tosses and Y be the
number of heads among the last two tosses.
a) Find the joint probability distribution function of X and Y.
b) Compute cov(X,Y).
Transcribed Image Text:A fair coin is tossed 3 times. Let X be the number of heads among the first two tosses and Y be the number of heads among the last two tosses. a) Find the joint probability distribution function of X and Y. b) Compute cov(X,Y).
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