104.How Low Can the Correlation Go
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Three random variables satisfy corr(X,Y) = 0.9 and corr(Y,Z) = 0.8. What is the smallest possible value of corr(X,Z)?
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Correlations act like cosines of angles between unit vectors. Two known angles from Y bound the angle between X and Z.
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