Let X denote the number of times a certain numerical control machine will malfunction: 1, 2, or 3 times on any given day. Let Y denote the number of times a technician is called on an emergency call. Their joint probability distribution is given in the accompanying table. Determine the covariance between X and Y. Click the icon to view the joint probability distribution of X and Y. OXY= (Type an integer or a decimal. Do not round.) Machine Malfunctions x f(x,y) 1 2 3 1 0.05 0.05 0.10 y 3 0.05 0.10 0.45 5 0.00 0.15 0.05 Print Done

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Let X denote the number of times a certain numerical control machine will malfunction: 1, 2, or 3 times on any given day. Let Y denote the number of times a technician is called on an emergency
call. Their joint probability distribution is given in the accompanying table. Determine the covariance between X and Y.
Click the icon to view the joint probability distribution of X and Y.
OXY=
(Type an integer or a decimal. Do not round.)
Machine Malfunctions
x
f(x,y)
1
2
3
1
0.05
0.05
0.10
y
3
0.05
0.10
0.45
5
0.00
0.15
0.05
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Transcribed Image Text:Let X denote the number of times a certain numerical control machine will malfunction: 1, 2, or 3 times on any given day. Let Y denote the number of times a technician is called on an emergency call. Their joint probability distribution is given in the accompanying table. Determine the covariance between X and Y. Click the icon to view the joint probability distribution of X and Y. OXY= (Type an integer or a decimal. Do not round.) Machine Malfunctions x f(x,y) 1 2 3 1 0.05 0.05 0.10 y 3 0.05 0.10 0.45 5 0.00 0.15 0.05 Print Done
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