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Transcribed Image Text:Suppose that a random variable X has a continuous distribution with the probability density function
[2x, for 0≤x≤1
(p.d.f). f(x) = {
[0,
otherwise
(1) Find E(X);
(2) Find the expectation for Y = X
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