OCR S4 2017 June — Question 2

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleS4 (Statistics 4)
Year2017
SessionJune
TopicDiscrete Random Variables
TypeFunctions of random variables

2 The independent discrete random variables \(X\) and \(Y\) can take the values 0,1 and 2 with probabilities as given in the tables.
\(x\)012
\(\mathrm { P } ( X = x )\)0.50.30.2
\(\quad\)
\(y\)012
\(\mathrm { P } ( Y = y )\)0.50.30.2
The random variables \(U\) and \(V\) are defined as follows: $$U = X Y , V = | X - Y | .$$
  1. In the Printed Answer Book complete the table giving the joint distribution of \(U\) and \(V\).
  2. Find \(\operatorname { Cov } ( U , V )\).
  3. Find \(\mathrm { P } ( U V = 0 \mid V = 2 )\).