Use the Moment Generating Function (MGF) to show that the square of a standard normal random variable, Z~ N(0, 1), is a chi-squared random variable with 1 degree of freedom, Y = Z² ~ x. (Recall that the probability density function of Z N (0, 1) is f(2)=√e and the MGF of X ~ X² is Mx (t) = (1 — 2t)-¹/²).

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