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484.Overlap of Two Random Subsets

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expected valueCh. 6 — Random Variables and Expectation444+ Problems in Probability
Subsets AA and BB are drawn independently and uniformly from the power set of Ω={1,,20}\Omega = \{1, \dots, 20\}. Let N=ABN = |A \cap B|. Compute Var(N)E[N]\frac{\mathrm{Var}(N)}{E[N]}.

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