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  1. November 7th 2010, 05:20 PM #1
    holly123
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    covariance help

    suppose that the pair (x,y) is uniformly distributed on the interior of the circle with raidus 1. compute cov(x,y)
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    You should compute E(XY), E(X) and E(Y).

    I assume your density is {1\over \pi} on the circle.
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