Can someone help me with expectation values for the radial wavefunction?

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Show that the expectation value of Lz is -2h for the radial wavefunction Y2,-2. ? Can someone do this?
 
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Use the matrix representation for the basis l=2.

Remember that
[tex] \mathbf{L_z} = m\hbar[/tex]
 
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Thanks but I still don't understand, could you work it out?
 
The wavefunction is normalized. Radial function cannot be Y, that's the spherical harmonics. Just apply the expected value in the ket-bra notation