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JARAMOGI OGINGA ODINGA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL PHYSICAL MATHEMATICS AND ACTUARIAL


SCIENCE
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION FOR DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION
2ND YEAR 1ST SEMESTER 2023/2024 ACADEMIC YEAR
REGULAR (MAIN)

COURSE CODE: WAB 2208

COURSE TITLE: PROBABILITY AND DISTRIBUTION THEORY I

EXAM VENUE: STREAM: ED. SCIENCE/ARTS/SNE

DATE: EXAM SESSION:

TIME: 2.00 HOURS


Instructions:

1. Answer Question ONE and ANY other two questions


2. Candidates are advised not to write on the question paper.
3. Candidates must hand in their answer booklets to the invigilator while in the examination
room.
QUESTION ONE (COMPULSORY)-(30 MARKS)

a) The joint density function of two continuous random variables X and Y is given by

𝑘(2𝑦 − 𝑥), 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 1 ,0 ≤ 𝑦 ≤ 2
𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = {
0, 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒

Obtain the value of 𝑘 [7 Marks]

b) Let X be a gamma distribution with the probability density function;


1 −𝑥
𝑓(𝑥) = {32 𝑥𝑒 , 𝑥>0
4

0, 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒
.
Obtain the mean of X. [8 Marks]
c) The proportion of time Y that a sheet metal stamping machine is down for repair follows a Beta
6𝑦(1 − 𝑦), 0 < 𝑦 < 1
distribution 𝑓(𝑦) = { .
0, 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒
Obtain the probability that the sheet stamping machine will be down for repair for more than 50%
the time allocated for repair. [ 7 Marks]

d) The joint probability mass function of two discrete random variables 𝑋 and 𝑌 is given by
1
𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = {48 (2𝑥 + 𝑦), 𝑥 = 0,1,2,3; 𝑦 = 0,1,2
0, 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒

Find the marginal densities of X hence the conditional probability P(y = 1/x = 2)
[8 Marks]

QUESTION TWO (20 MARKS)

6𝑦, 0 < 𝑦 < 𝑥 < 1, 𝑦 > 0, 𝑥 > 0


a) Let 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = {
0, 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒

Show that 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) is a joint probability density function. [6 Marks]

b) Let X be a random variable with the density function

2𝑥, 0<𝑥<1
𝑓(𝑥) = {
0, 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒

Obtain the density function of a new random variable U where u = 8 − x 2 [ 6 Marks ]


c) Let X be a Chi square random variable with paramater ϑ and the density function given by
𝜗 −𝑥⁄
𝑥 2 −1 𝑒 2
, 𝑥 > 0,
𝑓(𝑥) = 𝜗 𝜗
2 2 𝛤 (2)
{ 0, 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒

It is known that the mean of this distribution is ϑ. By derivation, obtain an expression for the
variance of the distribution. [ 8 Marks]

QUESTION THREE (20 MARKS)

a) Two discrete random variables X and Y have the joint probability function given by

𝑌=0 𝑌=1 𝑌=2

𝑋=1 1/12 3/12 1/12

𝑋=2 2/12 1/12 1/12

𝑋=3 1/12 1/12 1/12

Obtain

i. The marginal distributions of X and Y [4 marks]

ii. P(Y ≤ 1) [2 marks]

iii. f(X/Y = y) [6 marks]

b) A random variable X can be modeled as exponential with mean θ. Suppose it is known that
P(X < 10)= 0. 3935. Find θ, the mean of this distribution to the nearest whole number.
[8 marks]

QUESTION FOUR (20 MARKS)


The random variables X and Y have joint p.d.f given by
4
𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = {81 𝑥𝑦, 0 < 𝑥 < 3 ,0 < 𝑦 < 3
0, 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒

Obtain

i. The means of X and Y: E(X), E(Y) [4


Marks]
ii. The variances of X and Y: Var(X), Var(Y) [8 Marks
]

iii. The joint expectation E(XY) [4


Marks]

iv. Cov (XY) [3 Marks]

v. Are X and Y independent? [1 Mark]

QUESTION FIVE (20 MARKS)

The joint p.d.f of three continuous random variables X , Y and Z is defined as follows
𝑘(𝑥𝑦 + 𝑧), 0 < 𝑥 < 2 , 0 < 𝑦 < 2, 0 < 𝑧 < 1
𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧) = {
0, 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒
Calculate:
i. the value of k ,
ii. the marginal distribution of Z hence the mean of Z [20 Marks]

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