Let X₁, X₂ be two independent random variables having Gamma distributions with parameters α₁ = 3, B₁ = 3 and a₂ = 4, ß2 = 1, respectively. What is the distribution of Z = 2X₁ +6X₂? Derive a formula to represent the quantile of Z with the quantile of a x² distribution.
Let X₁, X₂ be two independent random variables having Gamma distributions with parameters α₁ = 3, B₁ = 3 and a₂ = 4, ß2 = 1, respectively. What is the distribution of Z = 2X₁ +6X₂? Derive a formula to represent the quantile of Z with the quantile of a x² distribution.
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α₁ = 3, B₁ = 3 and a2 = 4, ß2₂ = 1, respectively. What is the distribution of Z = 2X₁ +6X₂?
Derive a formula to represent the quantile of Z with the quantile of a x² distribution.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Faf4d5614-e5fa-4399-aabc-c345eeef0588%2Fe42aabbc-ec75-46f8-9eaa-c09c3f8c1934%2Fbkos7a_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Let X₁, X₂ be two independent random variables having Gamma distributions with parameters
α₁ = 3, B₁ = 3 and a2 = 4, ß2₂ = 1, respectively. What is the distribution of Z = 2X₁ +6X₂?
Derive a formula to represent the quantile of Z with the quantile of a x² distribution.
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