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Q14Section ST (Statistics (Q11–Q65))14 of 65

Discrete variables from MGFs of X and X+Y

Let XX and YY be two independent discrete random variables such that the moment generating functions of XX and X+YX + Y are given by MX(t)=1+2e−t+3e2t6,  t∈RM_X(t) = \frac{1 + 2e^{-t} + 3e^{2t}}{6}, \; t \in \mathbb{R}, and MX+Y(t)=2+et+3e3t6,  t∈RM_{X+Y}(t) = \frac{2 + e^{t} + 3e^{3t}}{6}, \; t \in \mathbb{R}, respectively. Then which of the following statements is correct?

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