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Probability and Random Variables Mid Term Exam, Fall 2013 Student Name Student No Answer questions clearly. No credit will be given to ambiguous answers. Answer each question on corresponding sheet (Question 1 on page 1, ete). Each question beats 6 pts. Sign the following pledge at the end of the exam duration (NO AID GIVEN, SRVED) AS ABI Be Hole gh AS Juba aL) 1 LS da al fae The natural numbers are the possible values of a R.V. X (Xq=n, n=1,2,3, with probability P(X,) = 1/(2"). Find the expected value of X. oceurring Question 2 A pointer is spun on a fair wheel of chance numbered from 0 to 100 around its circumference 2) What is the average value of all possible pointer positions. 1) What deviation from-Sem.its average value will the pointer position take on the average? (ie. the pointer root-mean-squared deviation from its mean) Question 3 ‘The characteristic function of the Laplace density /, ( exp(imo) 1+(ba) Srexol-fe-nf/8) is, (co) Find the mean, second moment, and the variance of X. Question 4 ‘A Gaussian RV with density 7, (x -xp(~ 4x7}, is applied to a square law device to ve produce a new R.V. Y = X7/2. Find the moments of Y, m, = E[Y"] Question 5 Show that the function below is not a valid joint-distribution function fo,r

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