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A deck of 52cards is shuf铿俥d and a bridge hand of 13cards is dealt out. Let X andY denote, respectively, the number of aces and the number of spades in the hand.

(a) Show that X and Y are uncorrelated.

(b) Are they independent?

Short Answer

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a) Using the linearity of the covariance in both arguments, we have that,

Cov(X,Y)=Cov(i=14Xi,j=113Yj)=i=14j=113Cov(Xi,Yj)

This sum that contains 52addends on the right side can be divided into two parts. The first part contains 51 addends that describe the covariance between indicator variables thattwo distinct Ace and Spade have been drawn. The second part of the sum contains only and only one covariance. It is the variance of the indicator random variable that Spade Ace has been drawn. That is the consequence that there exists a card that is simultaneously Ace and Spade. The variance is equal to

Var(Xi)=1434=316

X and Y are uncorrelated.

b) They are not independent

Step by step solution

01

Given Information (part a)

Show that X and Y are uncorrelated.

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Explanation (part a)

Define Xi as the indicator random variable that marks if i th Ace has been drawn, i=1, ...., 4 . Also, define Yj as the indicator random variable that marks if j th Spade has been drawn, j=1, ..., 13. Therefore, we can write

X=i=14Xi,Y=j=113Yj

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Step 3: Explanation (part a)

Using the linearity of the covariance in both arguments, we have that,

Cov(X,Y)=Cov(i=14Xi,j=113Yj)=i=14j=113Cov(Xi,Yj)

This sum that contains 52addends on the right side can be divided into two parts. The first part contains 51addends that describe the covariance between indicator variables thattwo distinct Ace and Spade have been drawn. That covariance is equal to

Cov(Xi,Yj)=E(XiYj)E(Xi)E(Yj)

The common expectationEXiYjis equal to

E(XiYj)=P(XiYj=1)=P(Xi=1,Yj=1)=(5011)(5213)=117

and means are equal to

E(Xi)=E(Yj)=14

which implies

Cov(Xi,Yj)=1272

04

Explanation (part a)

The second part of the sum contains only and only one covariance. It is the variance of the indicator random variable that Spade Ace has been drawn. That is the consequence that there exists a card that is simultaneously Ace and Spade. The variance is equal to

Var(Xi)=1434=316

Hence,

Cov(X,Y)=51(1272)+316=0

So we have proved that X and Y are uncorrelated.

05

Final Answer (part a)

X and Y are uncorrelated.

06

Given Information (part b)

Are they independent?

07

Step 7: Explanation (part b)

No, they are not independent. Observe thatP(X=4)>0andP(Y=13)>0, but we have

P(X=4,Y=13)=0

Since it would imply that we have drawn 17cards in total.

08

Final Answer (part b)

No, They are not independent.

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