AASTU
Department of EEE
Probability and Random Processes (EEEg-2114)
Work sheet-II
1. The pdf of a continuous random variable X is given by:
f X (x)=¿ {k (1−x4 ), −1≤x≤1 ¿ ¿¿¿ ¿
¿
Find
a. The value of k c. P(|X|<1/2)
b. The cdf of X d. The mean, variance and second moment of X
k
2. A continuous random variable X has a pdf of f X ( x )= 2
, where −∞ < x <∞ andk is a
x +1
constant.
Find
a. the value of k
b. the cdf of X
1 2
c. P( 3 ≤ X ≤1)
3. The joint pdf of two continuous random variables X and Y is given by
f XY (x,y)=¿ {ke−x e−2y , x>0,y>0 ¿ ¿¿¿ ¿
¿
a. Determine the value of k
b. Find the marginal pdf of X and Y.
c. Are X and Y independent?
d. Find the following probabilities.
i. P( X+Y≤8) iii. P( X<Y )
iii P( X−Y ≤10) iv . P( X 2 <Y )
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4. Suppose that two continuous random variables X and Y have joint pdf given by:
f XY (x,y)=¿ {k (2x+y), 2<x<6,0<y<5¿¿¿¿
Where k is a constant
a. Find the constant k.
b. Find the joint cdf of X and Y.
c. Find the marginal cdf and pdf of X and Y.
d. Are X and Y independent?
e. Find the conditional pdf of X and Y.
f. Determine the mean, variance, covariance and correlation coefficient of X and
Y.
g. Evaluate the following probabilities
i. P (3< X <4, Y >2) iii. P( X>3)
ii. P( X +Y >4) iv . P(0< y<2)
5. The continuous random variable X and Y have joint pdf
{ π π
f XY (x, y)=¿ k sin(x+y), 0≤x≤ , 0≤y≤ ¿ ¿¿¿
2 2
Where k is a constant
Find
a. The value of k.
b. The joint cdf of X and Y.
c. The marginal pdf of X and Y.
d. The mean, variance and covariance of X and Y.
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6. Let the joint pmf of two discrete random variable X and Y be given by:
P XY (xi , y j )=¿ {k (xi+y j ), xi=1, 2, 3 ; y j=1, 2 ¿ ¿¿¿
Where k is a constant
a. Find the value of k.
b. Find the marginal pmf of X and Y.
c. Are X and Y independent?
7. The joint pdf of two random variables X and Y is given by:
f XY (x,y)=¿ { x+y , 0≤x≤1, 0≤y≤1¿¿¿¿
Find the pdf of Z if :
a. Z=X +Y c. Z=XY
X
b. Z= d. Z=X −Y
Y
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