Roll a balanced die and let the outcome be X. Then toss a fair coin X times and let Y denote the number of tails. a) What is the joint probability mass function of X and Y and the marginal probability mass functions of X and Y ? b) Calculate E(X) and E(Y ). (Mean of X &Y)

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Roll a balanced die and let the outcome be X. Then toss a fair coin X times and let Y denote the number of tails.
a) What is the joint probability mass function of X and Y and the marginal probability mass functions of X and
Y ?
b) Calculate E(X) and E(Y ). (Mean of X &Y)

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