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KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & MINERALS

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

EE 315

MAJOR 2

DATE: May 11, 2011

TIME: 7:00 PM-9:00 PM

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Maximum Score
Problem 1 9
Problem 2 10
Problem 3 13
Problem 4 8

TOTAL 40
Problem 1:

Let X and Y have a joint pdf:


f X ,Y ( x , y )  k .e  x  y for x  0 , y  2 x
a. Find the constant k that makes f X ,Y ( x , y ) a valid joint pdf.
b. Find the marginal pdfs f X ( x ) and f Y ( y )
c. Show whether X and Y are independent random variables or not?
Problem 2:

Two random variables X and Y have a joint pdf given by:

1
  2x  y  , 0  x  1, 0  y  2
f X ,Y  x, y    4
0, elsewhere

a) Find the joint CDF F X ,Y ( x , y ) of X and Y over all   x  ,    y   .


b) Find the conditional pdf f X  x | Y  1 .
c) Find the probability P 2 X  Y  .
Problem 3:

The following information is known about two jointly Gaussian random variables X and Y :

E  X   0, E Y   1, E  X 2   4, E Y 2   9, and RXY  4


Two new random variables W and U are defined as
W  3X  Y
U   X  2Y

a) Find E W  , E U  , E W 2  , and E U 2  .


b) Find the variances  X2 ,  Y2 ,  U2 and  W2
c) Find the correlation RWU
d) Are W and U uncorrelated? Justify your answer.
e) Determine the joint pdf of W and U.
Problem 4:

A random variable X with the following probability density function:

2e 2 x , x0
fX  x  
0, elsewhere

is transformed to a new random variable Y  ( X  3)  1 .


2

Find the probability density function of Y


Plot the pdf f Y ( y )

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