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The joint pmf of X and Y is
where x and y are nonnegative integers.
(a) Sketch the support of X and Y.
(b) Record the marginal pmfs
(c) Compute Cov(X, Y).
(d) Determine p. the
(e) Find the best-fitting line and draw it on your figure.
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