From the definition of covariance cov(X, Y ) = E[(X E[X])(Y E[Y ])], please derive cov(X, Y ) = E[XY ] E[X]E[Y ].
(Hint: Expectation of a random variable is a number. And expectation of a number is still the number. E[E[X]] = E[X].)
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