A point is randomly selected with uniform probability in the X-Y. Plane within the rectangle with corners at (0, 0), (1, 0), (1, 2) and (0, 2). If p is the length of the position vector of the point, the expected value of p² is

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A point is randomly selected with uniform probability in the X-Y. Plane within the rectangle with corners at (0, 0), (1, 0), (1, 2) and (0, 2). If p is the length of the position vector of the point, the expected value of p² is

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