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Let (Ω, Pr) be a
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(a) Prove that X^2 and Y are independent. Note that by symmetry, it will also follow that Y^2 and X are independent.
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(b) Use the result from part (a) to show that the random variables W = X + Y and Z = XY are
positively correlated (i.e. Cov(W, Z) > 0).
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