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Distribution Theory — deriving a geometric marginal from a joint pmf

Let XX and YY be jointly distributed with joint probability mass function

P(x,y)=12y+2(y+1)(2y+12y+2)x;x,y=0,1,2,…P(x,y)=\frac{1}{2^{y+2}(y+1)}\left(\frac{2y+1}{2y+2}\right)^x; \quad x,y=0,1,2,…

With reference to the above, consider the following statements:

I. The marginal distribution of Y is geometric distribution.\text{I. The marginal distribution of } Y \text{ is geometric distribution.}

II. Var⁡(Y)=1\text{II. } \operatorname{Var}(Y)=1

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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