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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2002 iii Paper 40 1 a i Solution by
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Write , and assume ; a uniform distribution on the region requires positive area. Set , , so the inverse transformation is , . Its Jacobian determinant has absolute value for . The region becomes , , and its area isThe original joint probability density function is therefore on . The change of variables formula givesThe boundary has probability zero, so division by causes no ambiguity for the resulting random variable.
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