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1. (a) Suppose the MGF MX (t) of a random variable X exists for t in some
neighborhood of 0. Will all moments of X exist? Explain.
(b) Suppose all moments of X exist. Will the MGF MX (t) exist? Explain.
2 −5𝑡
M𝑋 (t) = 𝑒 10𝑡 , −∞ < t < ∞.
(1) Find the value of constant A. (2) Find the mean of X. (3) Find the variance of
X.
8. (1) Find 𝑃(𝑋 > √𝑌 ) if 𝑋 and 𝑌 are jointly distributed with PDF 𝑓𝑋𝑌 (𝑥, 𝑦) =
𝑥 + 𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 1, 0 ≤ 𝑦 ≤ 1.
(2) Find 𝑃(𝑋 2 < 𝑌 < 𝑋) if 𝑋 and 𝑌 are jointly distributed with PDF
𝑓𝑋𝑌 (𝑥, 𝑦) = 2𝑥 𝑓𝑜𝑟 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 1, 0 ≤ 𝑦 ≤ 1.