Department of Mathematics
MTL 106 (Introduction to Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes)
Tutorial Sheet No. 5
Answer for selected Problems
1. (a) 1/81 (b) exp(9) (c) 61/180
2. E(X) = bE(Y ) + a
3. (a)f (t) = 2−3/2 (1 + t2 /2)−3/2 , t ∈ (−∞, ∞) (b) E(T ) = 0, V ar(T ) = ∞
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p
6. c = 3/2, E(T ) = 0
1
10 , 0 < y < 5,
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7. (a) Let Y : r.v. denoting the waiting time of passenger. fY (y) = 20 , 5 < y < 15,
0, otherwise.
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(b) minutes.
20
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8. 2 log(3/2)
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10. (a) (b) σ 2
11. X2
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n
12. E(Y /x) = 2(1 + x), x ≥ 0
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13. Regression of X on Y is
a+y
E(X/y) = n+a+b , y = 0, 1, . . . , n.
Yes.
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14. E[X/X > y] = λ + y; E[X − y/X > y] = λ
15. X2 ∼ Binomial(n,
p2 ),
em
1−(1−q)n−1
np 1−(1−q)n ; p = q = 1/3
k
x 1
17. E(Y k /x) = k+1 , E(Y k ) = (k+1)
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y σ2 y
18. X/y ∼ N 1+σ 2 , 1+σ 2 , E(X/y) = 1+σ 2
19. 1/2
1 t t2
20. P (n) (t) = P (P (...(P (t))...)) where P (t) = 4 + 4 + 2. PZn (t) = [P (n) (t)]Zn . E(Z51 ) = 1250.
21. MSN (t) = MN (log(MX (t)))
pMX (t) 1
23. (a) MY (t) = 1−(1−p)MX (t) where MX (t) = 3 1 + et + e2t b) E[Y ] = 3
e−y+x , 0 < x < y < ∞
24. (a) f (y/x) =
0, otherwise
(b)E(Y /X = x) = (1 + x), x > 0
1
Pn Pn
25. µ = 2α i=1 i2 , σ 2 = α2 i=1 i2
1 2
E(W ) = eµ+ 2 σ
2 2
V ar(W ) = e2µ+σ (eσ − 1)
(ln w−µ)2
f (w) = √1
w 2πσ
e− 2σ 2 , w>0
26. E(XY ) = E(X|Y )E(Y )
1
27. P (X = x) = 2x+1 , x = 0, 1, 2, . . .
28. Yes, X and Y are independent.
29. (a) e−0.4
32. No, use Chebyshev’s inequality
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