.3 Arandom variable X has a variance of 9 and a statistically independent random variable Y has a variance of 25. Their sum is another random variable Z = X + Y. Without assuming that either random variable has zero mean, find a) the correlation coefficient for X and Y b) the correlation coefficient for Y and Z c) the variance of Z.

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3-4.3 Arandom variable X has a variance of 9 and a statistically independent random variable
Y has a variance of 25. Their sum is another random variable Z = X + Y. Without
assuming that either random variable has zero mean, find
a) the correlation coefficient for X and Y
b) the correlation coefficient for Y and Z
c) the variance of Z.
Transcribed Image Text:3-4.3 Arandom variable X has a variance of 9 and a statistically independent random variable Y has a variance of 25. Their sum is another random variable Z = X + Y. Without assuming that either random variable has zero mean, find a) the correlation coefficient for X and Y b) the correlation coefficient for Y and Z c) the variance of Z.
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