If Y, is the total time between a customer's arrival in the store and departure from the service window and if Y2 is the time spent in line before reaching the window, the joint density of these variables is f(y1, Y2) = -Y1, 0< y2 < y1 <0, lo, elsewhere. The random variable Y, - Y2 represents the time spent at the service window. Find E (Y, - Y2). [Hint: Y, has a gamma distribution with a = 2 and B = 1, and Y2 has an exponential distribution with B = 1]

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If Y, is the total time between a customer's arrival in the store and departure from the service
window and if Y2 is the time spent in line before reaching the window, the joint density of these
variables is
0 < y2 < Y1 < ∞,
elsewhere.
se-Y1,
f(V1. Y2) =
The random variable Y, - Y2 represents the time spent at the service window.
Find E (Y, – Y2). [Hint: Y, has a gamma distribution with a = 2 and ß = 1, and Y, has an
exponential distribution with B = 1]
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Transcribed Image Text:If Y, is the total time between a customer's arrival in the store and departure from the service window and if Y2 is the time spent in line before reaching the window, the joint density of these variables is 0 < y2 < Y1 < ∞, elsewhere. se-Y1, f(V1. Y2) = The random variable Y, - Y2 represents the time spent at the service window. Find E (Y, – Y2). [Hint: Y, has a gamma distribution with a = 2 and ß = 1, and Y, has an exponential distribution with B = 1] %3D
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