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1 . You flip a fair red coin once, and you flip a fair blue coin once, independently of each other. Define the random variables
$X = \bigg\{$
$1\ $
if the red coin flip resulted in heads$,$
$0\ $
if the red coin flip resulted in tails$,$
$Y = \bigg\{$
$1\ $
if the blue coin flip resulted in heads$,$
$0\ $
if the blue coin flip resulted in tails$,$
and
Z = $\min(X,Y).$
What is the expected value $\mathbb{E}(Z)$ of the random variable $Z$?
(a)
1/4
(b)
1/2
(c)
3/4
(d)
1
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