Assignment-5(b)

1. Let the continuous random variables X and Y have the joint density
{
3x 0 y x 1
f (x, y) =
0 otherwise.
Then nd
(a) P (X 1/2, 1/4 < Y < 3/4).
(b) fX (x) and fY (y).
(c) f (x|y) (0 < y < 1), f (x|y = 1/2).
(d) Are X and Y independent ?
(e) Find E(4 X 3 Y ).
(f) Find E(X Y ).
2. Let the continuous random variables X and Y have the joint density
{ 2
x + x y/3 0 x 1 and 0 y 2
f (x, y) =
0 otherwise.
Find conditional expectation E(X|Y = 1/2).
3. Let the continuous random variables X and Y have the joint density
{ 1 y/8
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e 0xy
f (x, y) =
0 otherwise.
Find Cov(X, Y ).
{ 1
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(4 x + 2 y + 1) 0 x < 2, 0 y < 2
4. Let f (x, y) =
0 otherwise.

(a) Find E(X Y ).

(b) Cov(X Y ).
(c) X Y .
5. Find the value of c to make fX Y (x, y) a valid joint pdf.
fX Y (x, y) = c x x > 0, y > 0, 2 < x + y < 3.
6. The random variables X and Y are independent and have the pdfs as follow
{ {
x e 2 x x 0 y e 2 x y 0
1 2 1 2

fX (x) = and fY (y) =

0 elsewhere. 0 elsewhere.

Find the probability that X is less than or equal to KY , where K is constant.

7. Let the continuous random variables X and Y have the joint density
{
8xy 0 < y < x < 1
f (x, y) =
0 otherwise.
Then nd

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 (a) P (Y 1/2, X < Y + 1/4).
(b) P (X < 3/4|Y = 1/6).
(c) E(X|Y = 1/6).

8. Let the continuous random variables X and Y have the joint density
{
x + y 0 < x < 1, 0 < y < 1
f (x, y) =
0 otherwise.
Compute the correlation coecient X Y

9. The joint pdf of the random variables X and Y is given by

{ 6 ( 2 xy )
7
x + 2 0 < x < 1, 0 < y < 2
f (x, y) =
0 otherwise.
Evaluate P (Y > 1/2|X < 1/2).

10. An engineer is studying early morning trac patterns at a particular intersection.

The observation period begins at 5:30 AM. Let X denote the time of arrival of rst
vehicle from north-south direction. Let Y denote the rst arrival time from east-
west direction. Time is measured in fraction of an hour after 5:30 AM. Assume the
density for (X, Y ) is given by
{ 1
x
0<y<x<1
fX,Y (x, y) =
0 otherwise.
Find P (Y 0.25) and P (X < 0.5|Y > 0.25).

11. Suppose that the joint pdf of two random variables x and Y is
1 12 (x2 +y2 )
f (x, y) =e < x, y <
4

Find P ( 2 < (X + Y ) < 2 2).

12. Let X1 N(3, 9), X2 N(0, 1) and X3 N(1, 1) are independent random variables.
Further let Z1 = 2X1 + 3X2 4X3 and Z2 = 3X1 2X2 + X3 .
Find the correlation coecient between Z1 and Z2 .

13. Given that

f (x, y) = xex((y+1) ; x 0, y 0.
Find E[Y |X = x].

X\Y 1 2 3
1 1/3 1/6 1/6
14.
2 1/6 1/12 1/6
3 1/12 1/12 0

(a) Find E(X Y ).

(b) Cov(X Y ).
(c) X Y .

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15. Given the random variables X and Y with their joint probability distribution as
X \Y -1 0 1
-1 1/8 1/8 1/8
0 1/8 0 1/8
1 1/8 1/8 1/8

(i) Find Cov(X,Y)(ii) Are X and Y independent ?

16. Let X N (0, 1). Find pdf of Y = eX .

17. The random variable X is uniformly distributed over the internet (-1,3). Find the
pdf of the random variable Y = X 2 .

18. Let the random variable X is uniformly distributed over the unit interval. Find the
pdf of the random variable Y = ln X.

19. Let Z N (0, 1). Obtain the distribution of Z 2 .

20. If e3 t+8 t is m.g.f. of the random variable X, nd P (1 X 9).

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21. Let X1 , X2 , . . . , Xn be cont. i.i.d. r.v. with pdf f (x) and cdf F (x). Find the pdfs of
Y1 = min{X1 , X2 , . . . , Xn } and Y2 = max{X1 , X2 , . . . , Xn }. Further if X exp(2),
then nd pdf of Y1 and Y2 .

22. Let X N (0, 2 ), Y N (0, 2 ). X and Y are independent. Further let us dene
U = X 2 + Y 2 and V = X/Y . Find the joint pdf of U and V , i.e., fU V (u, v). Are U
and V independent ?

23. X1 and X2 are independent exponential random variables each having parameters
. Find the joint density of Y1 = X1 + X2 and y2 = eX1 .

24. Suppose (X, Y ) is a bivariate normal random variable with parameters X , X , Y , Y

and XY . Show that the conditional density function of Y given X = x is
( )
Y
N Y + XY (X X ), Y (1 XY )
2 2
X

25. Let X and Y denote the heart rate (in beats per minute) and average power output
(in watts) for a 10 min. cycling time trial performed by a professional cyclist.
Assume that X and Y have a bivariate normal distribution with parameters x =
180, y = 400, x = 10, y = 50, = 0.9. Find

(a) E(Y |X = 170).

(b) E(Y |X = 200).
(c) V (Y |X = 170).
(d) V (Y |X = 200).
(e) P (Y 380|X = 170).
(f) P (Y 450|X = 200).

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26. The joint pdf of the temperature in degrees Centigrade at two localities is at a
particular time of day on a particular day, assumed to be a joint normal pdf
{ }
1 2 x20 2 (x20)(y20) +( y20
2

f (x, y) = e 3 ( 2 ) 4 2 )
< x, y <
4 3

Find the conditional pdf fY |X (y|x). if the temperature at location 1, X, is 210 C,

what is the probability that the temperature at location 2, Y , is between 20 and
220 C.

27. The amount of rainfall recorded (in inches) at Alipore weather station in April is a
random variable X1 and the amount of rainfall recorded in the same station in May
is a random variable X2 . Let (X1 , X2 ) have a bivariate normal distribution with
parameters 1 = 6, 2 = 4, 1 = 1, 2 = 0.5, = 0.1. Find

(a) P (X1 5).

(b) P (X2 5|X1 5).
(c) E(X1 |X2 = 6).

28. Suppose that the random variables X and Y have bivariate normal pdf with x =
6, y = 4, x2 = 4, y2 = 10 and xy = 1/2. Find

(a) P (5 < Y < 6.5).

(b) P (5 < Y < 6.5|x = 2).

29. Let us assume that the distribution of grades for a particular group of students,
where X and Y represent the grade point average in high school and the rst year
college, respectively, follow a bivariate normal distribution with parameters x =
3.2, y = 2.4, x = 0.4, y = 0.6 and = 0.6. Evaluate the following probabilities:
(i) P (Y < 1.8)
(ii)P (Y < 1.8|X = 2.5).

30. Let Xi (i = 1, 2, ..., 10) be independent

(10 random) variables, each distributed over
U (0, 1). Calculate approximately P i=1 Xi > 6 .

31. Let Y1 , Y2 , ..., Y15 be a random sample of size 15 from the p.d.f.
{
3(1 y)2 0 < y < 1
fY (y) =
0 otherwise.
Using the central limit theorem nd the approximate value of P (1/8 < Y < 3/8).
(Y denotes the sample mean)