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<p>where  is the th <a href="page.php?w=moment_%28mathematics%29">moment</a>.</p>

<p><big>Linear transformations of random variables </big></p>
<p>If random variable  has moment generating function , then  has moment generating function </p>

<p><big>Linear combination of independent random variables</big></p>
<p>If , where the  are independent random variables and the  are constants, then the probability density function for  is the <a href="page.php?w=convolution">convolution</a> of the probability density functions of each of the , and the moment</p><p>
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