Question 6Prove that, for any pair of random variables X and Y with finite expectedvalues and for Z = max(X, Y), the inequality below is always true, or provide an examplethat shows that it is false:E (Z) ≤ max (E (X), E (Y))

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Question 6 ( Prove that, for any pair of random variables X and Y with finite expected values and for Z = max(X, Y), the inequality below is always true, or provide an example that shows that it is false: E (Z) ≤ max (E (X), E (Y))