EXAM P SAMPLE SOLUTIONS
EXAM P SAMPLE SOLUTIONS
EXAM P SAMPLE SOLUTIONS
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or more precisely,<br />
( )<br />
g y<br />
( ) 12<br />
⎧ 32<br />
⎪15y<br />
1 − y , 0 < y<<br />
1<br />
= ⎨<br />
⎪⎩ 0 otherwise<br />
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119. Solution: D<br />
The diagram below illustrates the domain of the joint density<br />
We are told that the marginal density function of X is<br />
while<br />
yx<br />
It follows that<br />
Therefore,<br />
( ) = 1, < < + 1<br />
f yx x y x<br />
x<br />
f ( xy , ) of Xand Y.<br />
( ) = 1,0< < 1<br />
f x x<br />
⎧1<br />
if 0< x < 1, x< y< x+<br />
1<br />
f ( x, y) = fx( x) fyx( y x)<br />
=⎨<br />
⎩0<br />
otherwise<br />
[ ] [ ]<br />
1 1<br />
2 2<br />
∫ ∫<br />
Pr Y > 0.5 = 1−Pr Y ≤ 0.5 = 1−<br />
dydx<br />
0<br />
1 1 1<br />
2 2<br />
1<br />
2 ⎛1 ⎞ ⎡1 1 2 ⎤ 1 1 7<br />
2<br />
= 1− ∫ y 1 1<br />
0<br />
x dx = −∫ x dx x x<br />
0 ⎜ − ⎟ = − − 0 = 1−<br />
+ =<br />
⎝2 ⎠ ⎣<br />
⎢2 2 ⎦<br />
⎥ 4 8 8<br />
[Note since the density is constant over the shaded parallelogram in the figure the<br />
solution is also obtained as the ratio of the area of the portion of the parallelogram above<br />
y = 0.5 to the entire shaded area.]<br />
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