Contracts for two construction jobs are randomly assigned to one or more of three firms A,...

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  1. Contracts for two construction jobs are randomly assigned to oneor more of three firms A, B, and C. Let Y1 denote the number ofcontracts assigned to firm A and Y2 the number of contractsassigned to firm B. Recall that each firm can receive 0, 1 or 2contracts.

  2. (b) Find the marginal probability of Y1 and Y2.

  3. (c) Are Y1 and Y2 independent? Why? (d) Find E(Y1 ? Y2).

  4. (e) Find Cov(Y1, Y2)

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bAll nine possible assignments of construction jobs to the threefirms AA AB AC BA BB BC CA CB CC The first symbolsignifies the selection for the first job    See Answer
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