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GATE 2022 ST – Question 64

Joint Distributions · Joint and Conditional Distributions · 2 marks · Numerical answer

X∼Uniform(0,4),and Y|X=x∼Uniform(0,x²/4). Find E Y²,to three decimals.

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Correct answer: 1.065 to 1.069

Explanation

For Uniform(0,b),the second moment is b²/3. Thus E(Y²|X)=X⁴/48. For X uniform on (0,4),E X⁴=4⁴/5=256/5. Total expectation gives E Y²=256/240=16/15≈**1.067**.

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