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GATE EE 2026 Set 1 — Question 64

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Let XX and YY be two real-valued random variables with E(X)=1,E(Y)=2,E(X2)=4,E(Y2)=9E(X) = 1, E(Y) = 2, E(X^2) = 4, E(Y^2) = 9, and E(XY)=0.9E(XY) = 0.9, where EE denotes the expectation operator. The value of α\alpha that minimizes E((X−αY)2)E((X - \alpha Y)^2) is __________
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