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Transcribed Image Text:The continuous random variables X and Y are statistically independent and have marginal density
functions fx(x) = 2x, 0 < x < 1, and fy(y)
1
y > 1.
y2'
Calculate the probability P(X < 0.5, Y < 2)
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