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EXAM-2 Part 02

The document contains three exam problems about probability concepts including random variables, probability density functions, means, variances, and joint distributions. Problem 1 involves calculating properties of a discrete random variable. Problem 2 involves transforming a random variable using a piecewise function. Problem 3 defines a joint PDF and asks to find the value that makes it a valid PDF, marginal distributions, and a probability.

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EXAM-2 Part 02

The document contains three exam problems about probability concepts including random variables, probability density functions, means, variances, and joint distributions. Problem 1 involves calculating properties of a discrete random variable. Problem 2 involves transforming a random variable using a piecewise function. Problem 3 defines a joint PDF and asks to find the value that makes it a valid PDF, marginal distributions, and a probability.

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King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

Department of Electrical Engineering


EE 315 Probabilistic Methods in Electrical Engineering
Summer Semester (103)

Exam II
Tuesday, 2 August 2011
10:00 pm – 11:30 pm

Name:

ID:

Sections: 1

Instructor: Wajih Abu-Al-Saud

Problem Score Out of


1 25
2 40
3 35
Total 100

Good luck!
Problem 1
A discrete random variable has the following probabilities
P X  3  0.1
P X  1  0.2
P X  2  0.4
P X  5  0.3
Find:
a) Mean of X
b) Variance of X
c) Skew of X
d) E  4X 3  3X 2  X 
e) In a supermarket, it is found that shoppers arrive at a rate of 3 shoppers/min. Each
cashier in the supermarket takes on average 1 minute to server each shopper. Find the
minimum number of cashiers that the supermarket will have to operate so that at least
90% of its customers do NOT have to wait in line to be served (90% of shoppers will
be served immediately because there is at least 1 open cashier).
Problem 2
A random variable X has the pdf fX(x)
shown to the right. Another random 1/2
variable Y is obtained by
transforming X using the
transformation 1 1 3/8
 x
4 2
 X 2  1 for X  1
Y  . 2/8
 2X  4 for X  1

Find the PDF of the random variable 1/8


Y for all values   y   . Write
the PDF of Y in the form of a single
piecewise defined function x
... ...  y  ... -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
fY (y )  
... ...  y  ..
Problem 3
The joint PDF function of two random variables X and Y is given by
 A  2x 2 y  x  0  x  2 and 0  y  1,
f X ,Y ( x , y )  
0 elsewhere
Find:
a) Value of A that makes this function a valid PDF function.
b) FX ,Y ( x , y ) for all values of   x   and   y  
c) FX ( x ) for all values of   x  
d) f Y ( y ) for all values of   y  
e) P 1  X  3, 0.5  Y  2 

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