Joint Distribution help please

batman350z

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Can't get my head around this joint distribution problem.


Suppose X and Y have joint distribution given by:


\(\displaystyle f(x,y) = \left\{
\begin{array}{l l}
x+y & \quad \text{if 0 $\leq x, y $\leq 1}\\
0 & \quad \text{otherwise}\\
\end{array} \right.\)

Find the distribution of X+Y


Having difficulties finding the boundaries for my integration. I know that I need do declare a dummy variable t = X + Y
Been stuck on this for a few hours now, help is much appreciated! Thanks.
 
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The fact that you used the singular, "integration", is not encouraging.

You must chop your coordinate plane up in to various regions and perform integration against all of them - in this case, 5.

1) Create a coordiate plane, x,y.
2) Draw in the lines x = 0, x = 1, y = 0, y = 1
3) Stare at it until you see the five important regions.

Hint1: Quadrants II, III, and IV are zero.
Hint2: For x > 1 AND y > 1, it's all unity (1).

Okay, now you find the other three regions.
 
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