Solution

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Write and . The variables and need not be independent random variables. Part (d) and the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality imply, for every integer ,
Also by Cauchy-Schwarz, because and . Thus , and, for ,
Part (c) shows that is sub-Gamma in the right tail with variance parameter and scale parameter .
If , then . Consequently
while . Another application of part (c) gives the improved variance parameter and scale parameter .

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