Let $X, Y, Z$ be independant standard uniform random variables, find $P(X/Y < Z)$

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My understanding of uniform random variables is that they are all P(n) = 1 but I am unclear on when I build the triple integral for $P(X/Y < Z)$ on how I should create my boundary conditions?

Best Answer

You want to find the volume of the region described by the following inequalities:

$$0 \leq x, y, z \leq 1$$ $$x/y < z$$

One way to solve this is to note that $x / y < z$ is equivalent to $x < yz$. Note that since $y, z \leq 1$, we have $yz \leq 1$.

$$0 \leq x < yz$$ $$0 \leq y, z \leq 1$$

So the integral in question will be $\int_0^1 \int_0^1 \int_0^{yz} dx dy dz = \frac{1}{4}$.