EBK FIRST COURSE IN PROBABILITY, A

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ISBN: 9780134753676

Author: Ross

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Chapter 5, Problem 5.33P

If U is uniformly distributed on ( 0 , 1 ) , find the distribution of Y = − log ( U ) .

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