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QA Bank: Q2.1(vi)

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Amit_Bansal

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Why its answer isn't C ?
since X and Y are Random Variables, therefore they can't be constants and statement is true only for constants.
 
C means Var (XY) is never equal to Var(X)Var(Y)
which is a wrong statement because there may be some X and Y for which this equality holds.
 
Then which reason should be stated in exam alongwith answer - this one or the one which is provided in book .
 
Amit_Bansal said:
Then which reason should be stated in exam alongwith answer - this one or the one which is provided in book .
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Whichever u like. But TBH, the reason given in the book doesn't seem right to me as well. Because if X and Y are RV then they can't be constants.

Also in part(viii) they've chosen option C, because X can't be constant according to them. So these two reasons are contradicting.
 
A random variable which takes only one value is referred to as a constant random variable or degenerate random variable. You can read this wiki article.

So, the reasoning for part vi is okay.

In part viii, we are trying to prove Var(-X) = -Var(X). Note variance of any RV is always non-negative. So this relation can never be true unless the RV is itself a constant. So, I agree that the solution can be better structured
 
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bapan said:
A random variable which takes only one value is referred to as a constant random variable or degenerate random variable. You can read this wiki article.

So, the reasoning for part vi is okay.

In part viii, we are trying to prove Var(-X) = -Var(X). Note variance of any RV is always non-negative. So this relation can never be true unless the RV is itself a constant. So, I agree that the solution can be better structured
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1. i got for the vi ques.
2. & then answer to viii ques should be D (if we keep both answer's reasoning same) that 'its only true in exceptional circumstances eg if X is constant RV.
 
Amit_Bansal said:
1. i got for the vi ques.
2. & then answer to viii ques should be D (if we keep both answer's reasoning same) that 'its only true in exceptional circumstances eg if X is constant RV.
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Thanks guys for pointing this out. We do seem to be contradicting ourselves a bit - I'll change the answer to viii to D for next year's notes.
 
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