Suppose the joint PMF of random variables X and Y is P(X = x, Y = y) =    3/14 , if (x, y) = (−1, 1) 2/14 , if (x, y) ∈ {(0, 1),(−1, 0),(0, 0)} 1/14 , if (x, y) ∈ {(1, 1),(1, 0),(−1, −1),(0, −1),(1, −1)} 0, otherwise (a) Find the covariance of X and Y . (b) Find the correlation of X and Y .

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Suppose the joint PMF of random variables X and Y is
P(X = x, Y = y) =



3/14 , if (x, y) = (−1, 1)
2/14 , if (x, y) ∈ {(0, 1),(−1, 0),(0, 0)}
1/14 , if (x, y) ∈ {(1, 1),(1, 0),(−1, −1),(0, −1),(1, −1)}
0, otherwise
(a) Find the covariance of X and Y .
(b) Find the correlation of X and Y . 

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