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Q46Section C (Section C)46 of 60

Expectation of a product from a product pmf

Let XX and YY be two positive integer valued random variables with the joint probability mass function

P(X=m,Y=n)={g(m)h(n),m,n≥1, 0,otherwise,P(X=m,Y=n)=\begin{cases}g(m)h(n), & m,n\ge1,\ 0, & \text{otherwise,}\end{cases}

where g(m)=(12)m−1g(m)=\left(\frac12\right)^{m-1}, m≥1m\ge1 and h(n)=(13)nh(n)=\left(\frac13\right)^n, n≥1n\ge1. Then E(XY)E(XY) equals ____________

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