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#1 2007-11-16 10:24:02

George74
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Help with density question please

Show that the density of the sum of two independent standard normal random variables is given by:

f(x) = 1/(2√π) * e^(-.25x^2)

So far I know that the random variable X has a standard normal distribution if its density is given by:
f(x) = (1/√(2π)) * e^(.5x^2)

However, I'm unsure of where to go from here...

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