TABLE 5-7 There Are Two Houses with Almost Identical Characteristics Available for Available

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Short Answer

TABLE 5-7
There are two houses with almost identical characteristics available for investment in two different neighborhoods with drastically different demographic composition. The anticipated gain in value when the houses are sold in 10 years has the following probability distribution:

-Referring to Table 5-7, what is the covariance of the two houses?

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