Suppose you are using data on two random variables$$X$$and$$Y$$to calculate$$Cov$($X$,$Y$).$ After calculating the covariance, you find out that the person entering the data accidentally divided both variables,$$X$$and$$Y$,$ by $4.$ If you recalculate the covariance after correcting the data, the new covariance will be:

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