Let X be a Poisson(1) random variable, and let Y be the random variable distributed as Uniform(0, X). (a) Compute EY . (b) Compute Corr(X, Y ). (c) Determine a formula for the conditional probability density fX|Y (x|y) of X given Y . (d) What is the distribution of the conditional expectation E[X|Y ]? What about E[Y |X]?

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Let X be a Poisson(1) random variable, and let Y be the random variable distributed as

Uniform(0, X).

(a) Compute EY .

(b) Compute Corr(X, Y ).

(c) Determine a formula for the conditional probability density fX|Y (x|y) of X given Y .

(d) What is the distribution of the conditional expectation E[X|Y ]? What about E[Y |X]?

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