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Given that X,Y are RVs with an exponential distribution,
i.e. fx= e^(-x) and fy = e^(-y).
What is the mean of X*Y
The two functions are not independant and have limits from 0 to infinity.

2006-11-22 09:53:12 · 2 answers · asked by jackal_04 1 in Science & Mathematics Mathematics

correction:
fy= y*e^(-y)
and X and Y are related as follows:
Y= X+Z where fz=e^(-z)

2006-11-22 10:14:11 · update #1

2 answers

You have said that they aren't independent; however, you have no mention of how they depend on each other. Therefore there is no way to calculate the answer.
If they *were* independent, then E[X*Y] = E[X]*E[Y]. Each one is an exponential distribution with lambda = 1, so the mean is just 1 (could also integrate e^(-x) from 0 to infinity, you also get 1.)

2006-11-22 10:09:22 · answer #1 · answered by stephen m 4 · 1 0

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2016-12-17 14:43:09 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

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