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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l45&quot; &gt;Line 45:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X\sim \operatorname{Laplace}(\mu,b)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;kX+b\sim \operatorname{Laplace}(k\mu+b,kb)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X\sim \operatorname{Laplace}(\mu,b)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;kX+b\sim \operatorname{Laplace}(k\mu+b,kb)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(\tfrac{1}{\lambda})\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(\tfrac{1}{\lambda})\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X-Y \sim \operatorname{Laplace}\left(0,\lambda\right)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(\tfrac{1}{\lambda})\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(\tfrac{1}{\lambda})\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X-Y \sim \operatorname{Laplace}\left(0,\lambda\right)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l51&quot; &gt;Line 51:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(\mu,\tfrac{1}{b})\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;|X-\mu| \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(b)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(\mu,\tfrac{1}{b})\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;|X-\mu| \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(b)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_i \sim \operatorname{Normal}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&amp;#160; for &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;i={1,2,3,4}\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_1 X_2 - X_3 X_4 \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ([[&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;http://wiki.stat.ucla.edu/socr/index.php/&lt;/del&gt;AP_Statistics_Curriculum_2007_Normal_Std Normal distribution]])&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_i \sim \operatorname{Normal}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&amp;#160; for &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;i={1,2,3,4}\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_1 X_2 - X_3 X_4 \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ([[AP_Statistics_Curriculum_2007_Normal_Std &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;|&lt;/ins&gt;Normal distribution]])&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_i \sim \operatorname{Normal}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; for &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;i={1,2,3,4}\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_1 X_2 + X_3 X_4 \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_i \sim \operatorname{Normal}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; for &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;i={1,2,3,4}\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_1 X_2 + X_3 X_4 \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_i \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(\mu,b)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{2}{b \sum_{i=1}^n |X_i-\mu|} \sim \chi^2(2n) \! &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ([[&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;http://wiki.stat.ucla.edu/socr/index.php/&lt;/del&gt;AP_Statistics_Curriculum_2007_Chi-Square Chi-square distribution]])&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_i \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(\mu,b)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{2}{b \sum_{i=1}^n |X_i-\mu|} \sim \chi^2(2n) \! &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ([[AP_Statistics_Curriculum_2007_Chi-Square &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;|&lt;/ins&gt;Chi-square distribution]])&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(\mu,b)&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(\mu,b)&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; \tfrac{|X-\mu|}{|Y-\mu|} \sim \operatorname{F}(2,2) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ([[&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;http://wiki.stat.ucla.edu/socr/index.php/&lt;/del&gt;AP_Statistics_Curriculum_2007_Fisher_F F-distribution]])&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(\mu,b)&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(\mu,b)&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; \tfrac{|X-\mu|}{|Y-\mu|} \sim \operatorname{F}(2,2) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ([[AP_Statistics_Curriculum_2007_Fisher_F &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;|&lt;/ins&gt;F-distribution]])&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X \sim \operatorname{U}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y \sim \operatorname{U}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;,&amp;#160; then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\log{\tfrac{X}{Y}} \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ([[&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;http://wiki.stat.ucla.edu/socr/index.php/&lt;/del&gt;AP_Statistics_Curriculum_2007_Uniform Uniform distribution]])&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X \sim \operatorname{U}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y \sim \operatorname{U}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;,&amp;#160; then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\log{\tfrac{X}{Y}} \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ([[AP_Statistics_Curriculum_2007_Uniform &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;|&lt;/ins&gt;Uniform distribution]])&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(\lambda)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and&amp;#160; &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y \sim \operatorname{Bernoulli}(0.5)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; independent of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X(2Y-1) \sim \operatorname{Laplace} (0,\lambda^{-1}) \!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;([[&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;http://wiki.stat.ucla.edu/socr/index.php/&lt;/del&gt;AP_Statistics_Curriculum_2007_Distrib_Binomial Bernoulli distribution]])&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(\lambda)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and&amp;#160; &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y \sim \operatorname{Bernoulli}(0.5)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; independent of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X(2Y-1) \sim \operatorname{Laplace} (0,\lambda^{-1}) \!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;([[AP_Statistics_Curriculum_2007_Distrib_Binomial &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;|&lt;/ins&gt;Bernoulli distribution]])&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_1 \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(\lambda_1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_2 \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(\lambda_2)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; independent of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_1\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\lambda_1 X_1-\lambda_2 X_2 \sim \operatorname{Laplace}\left(0,1\right)\,&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_1 \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(\lambda_1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_2 \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(\lambda_2)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; independent of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_1\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\lambda_1 X_1-\lambda_2 X_2 \sim \operatorname{Laplace}\left(0,1\right)\,&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>JayZzz at 22:42, 18 July 2011</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Laplace Distribution===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Laplace Distribution===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;'''Definition''': Laplace distribution is a distribution that is symmetrical and more “peaky” than a normal distribution. The dispersion of the data around the mean is higher than that of a normal distribution. Laplace distribution is also sometimes called the double exponential distribution.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;'''Definition''': Laplace distribution is a distribution that is symmetrical and more “peaky” than a normal distribution. The dispersion of the data around the mean is higher than that of a normal distribution. Laplace distribution is also sometimes called the double exponential distribution.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The figure below shows this result using [http://socr.ucla.edu/htmls/dist/Laplace_Distribution.html SOCR distributions]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The figure below shows this result using [http://socr.ucla.edu/htmls/dist/Laplace_Distribution.html SOCR distributions]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>TracyTam: /* Related Distributions */</title>
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l43&quot; &gt;Line 43:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X\sim \operatorname{Laplace}(\mu,b)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;kX+b\sim \operatorname{Laplace}(k\mu+b,kb)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X\sim \operatorname{Laplace}(\mu,b)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;kX+b\sim \operatorname{Laplace}(k\mu+b,kb)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(0,b)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;|X| \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(\tfrac{1}{b})\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ([[Exponential distribution]])&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(0,b)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;|X| \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(\tfrac{1}{b})\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ([[&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;http://wiki.stat.ucla.edu/socr/index.php/AP_Statistics_Curriculum_2007_Exponential &lt;/ins&gt;Exponential distribution]])&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(\tfrac{1}{\lambda})\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(\tfrac{1}{\lambda})\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X-Y \sim \operatorname{Laplace}\left(0,\lambda\right)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(\tfrac{1}{\lambda})\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(\tfrac{1}{\lambda})\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X-Y \sim \operatorname{Laplace}\left(0,\lambda\right)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l49&quot; &gt;Line 49:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 49:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(\mu,\tfrac{1}{b})\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;|X-\mu| \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(b)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(\mu,\tfrac{1}{b})\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;|X-\mu| \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(b)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_i \sim \operatorname{Normal}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&amp;#160; for &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;i={1,2,3,4}\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_1 X_2 - X_3 X_4 \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ([[Normal distribution]])&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_i \sim \operatorname{Normal}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&amp;#160; for &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;i={1,2,3,4}\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_1 X_2 - X_3 X_4 \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ([[&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;http://wiki.stat.ucla.edu/socr/index.php/AP_Statistics_Curriculum_2007_Normal_Std &lt;/ins&gt;Normal distribution]])&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_i \sim \operatorname{Normal}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; for &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;i={1,2,3,4}\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_1 X_2 + X_3 X_4 \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_i \sim \operatorname{Normal}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; for &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;i={1,2,3,4}\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_1 X_2 + X_3 X_4 \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_i \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(\mu,b)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{2}{b \sum_{i=1}^n |X_i-\mu|} \sim \chi^2(2n) \! &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ([[Chi-square distribution]])&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_i \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(\mu,b)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{2}{b \sum_{i=1}^n |X_i-\mu|} \sim \chi^2(2n) \! &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ([[&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;http://wiki.stat.ucla.edu/socr/index.php/AP_Statistics_Curriculum_2007_Chi-Square &lt;/ins&gt;Chi-square distribution]])&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(\mu,b)&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(\mu,b)&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; \tfrac{|X-\mu|}{|Y-\mu|} \sim \operatorname{F}(2,2) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ([[F-distribution]])&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(\mu,b)&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(\mu,b)&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; \tfrac{|X-\mu|}{|Y-\mu|} \sim \operatorname{F}(2,2) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ([[&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;http://wiki.stat.ucla.edu/socr/index.php/AP_Statistics_Curriculum_2007_Fisher_F &lt;/ins&gt;F-distribution]])&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X \sim \operatorname{U}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y \sim \operatorname{U}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;,&amp;#160; then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\log{\tfrac{X}{Y}} \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ([[Uniform distribution]])&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X \sim \operatorname{U}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y \sim \operatorname{U}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;,&amp;#160; then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\log{\tfrac{X}{Y}} \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ([[&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;http://wiki.stat.ucla.edu/socr/index.php/AP_Statistics_Curriculum_2007_Uniform &lt;/ins&gt;Uniform distribution]])&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(\lambda)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and&amp;#160; &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y \sim \operatorname{Bernoulli}(0.5)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; independent of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X(2Y-1) \sim \operatorname{Laplace} (0,\lambda^{-1}) \!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;([[Bernoulli distribution]])&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(\lambda)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and&amp;#160; &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y \sim \operatorname{Bernoulli}(0.5)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; independent of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X(2Y-1) \sim \operatorname{Laplace} (0,\lambda^{-1}) \!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;([[&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;http://wiki.stat.ucla.edu/socr/index.php/AP_Statistics_Curriculum_2007_Distrib_Binomial &lt;/ins&gt;Bernoulli distribution]])&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_1 \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(\lambda_1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_2 \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(\lambda_2)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; independent of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_1\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\lambda_1 X_1-\lambda_2 X_2 \sim \operatorname{Laplace}\left(0,1\right)\,&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_1 \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(\lambda_1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_2 \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(\lambda_2)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; independent of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_1\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\lambda_1 X_1-\lambda_2 X_2 \sim \operatorname{Laplace}\left(0,1\right)\,&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Related Distributions===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Related Distributions===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X\sim \operatorname{Laplace}(\mu,b)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;kX+b\sim \operatorname{Laplace}(k\mu+b,kb)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X\sim \operatorname{Laplace}(\mu,b)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;kX+b\sim \operatorname{Laplace}(k\mu+b,kb)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(0,b)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;|X| \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(\tfrac{1}{b})\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ([[Exponential distribution]])&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(0,b)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;|X| \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(\tfrac{1}{b})\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ([[Exponential distribution]])&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(\tfrac{1}{\lambda})\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(\tfrac{1}{\lambda})\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X-Y \sim \operatorname{Laplace}\left(0,\lambda\right)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(\tfrac{1}{\lambda})\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(\tfrac{1}{\lambda})\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X-Y \sim \operatorname{Laplace}\left(0,\lambda\right)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(\mu,\tfrac{1}{b})\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;|X-\mu| \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(b)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(\mu,\tfrac{1}{b})\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;|X-\mu| \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(b)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_i \sim \operatorname{Normal}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&amp;#160; for &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;i={1,2,3,4}\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_1 X_2 - X_3 X_4 \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ([[Normal distribution]])&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_i \sim \operatorname{Normal}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&amp;#160; for &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;i={1,2,3,4}\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_1 X_2 - X_3 X_4 \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ([[Normal distribution]])&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_i \sim \operatorname{Normal}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; for &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;i={1,2,3,4}\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_1 X_2 + X_3 X_4 \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_i \sim \operatorname{Normal}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; for &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;i={1,2,3,4}\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_1 X_2 + X_3 X_4 \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_i \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(\mu,b)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{2}{b \sum_{i=1}^n |X_i-\mu|} \sim \chi^2(2n) \! &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ([[Chi-square distribution]])&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_i \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(\mu,b)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{2}{b \sum_{i=1}^n |X_i-\mu|} \sim \chi^2(2n) \! &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ([[Chi-square distribution]])&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(\mu,b)&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(\mu,b)&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; \tfrac{|X-\mu|}{|Y-\mu|} \sim \operatorname{F}(2,2) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ([[F-distribution]])&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(\mu,b)&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(\mu,b)&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;, &lt;/ins&gt;then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; \tfrac{|X-\mu|}{|Y-\mu|} \sim \operatorname{F}(2,2) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ([[F-distribution]])&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X \sim \operatorname{U}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y \sim \operatorname{U}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;,&amp;#160; then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\log{\tfrac{X}{Y}} \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ([[Uniform distribution]])&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(\lambda)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and&amp;#160; &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y \sim \operatorname{Bernoulli}(0.5)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; independent of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X(2Y-1) \sim \operatorname{Laplace} (0,\lambda^{-1}) \!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;([[Bernoulli distribution]])&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_1 \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(\lambda_1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_2 \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(\lambda_2)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; independent of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_1\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\lambda_1 X_1-\lambda_2 X_2 \sim \operatorname{Laplace}\left(0,1\right)\,&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;V \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; Z \sim \operatorname{Normal}(0,1)\, &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; independent of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;V&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X = \mu + b \sqrt{2 V}Z \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(\mu,b)&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Relation to exponential distribution''': A Laplace random variable can be represented as the difference of two independent and identically distributed exponential random variables. One way to show is this by using the characteristic function approach.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Consider to independent and identically distributed random variables &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_1,X_2\sim \operatorname{Exponential}(\lambda)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;. The characteristic functions for &amp;lt;font size=3&amp;gt;&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_1-X_2&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt; are &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\tfrac{\lambda}{-it+\lambda}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\tfrac{\lambda}{it+\lambda}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; respectively. The product of these two functions is equivalent to the characteristic function of the sum of the random variables &amp;lt;font size=3&amp;gt;&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_1+(-X_2)&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;. The result is &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\tfrac{\lambda^2}{(-it+\lambda)(it+\lambda)} =\tfrac{\lambda^2}{t^2+\lambda^2}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;. &lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;This is the same as the characteristic function for &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y\sim\operatorname{Laplace}(0,\tfrac{1}{\lambda})&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, which is &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\tfrac{1}{1+\tfrac{t^2}{\lambda^2}}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Applications===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Applications===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<id>https://wiki.socr.umich.edu/index.php?title=AP_Statistics_Curriculum_2007_Laplace&amp;diff=11170&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>TracyTam: /* Laplace Distribution */</title>
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l2&quot; &gt;Line 2:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;'''Definition''': Laplace distribution is a distribution that is symmetrical and more “peaky” than a normal distribution. The dispersion of the data around the mean is higher than that of a normal distribution. Laplace distribution is also sometimes called the double exponential distribution.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;'''Definition''': Laplace distribution is a distribution that is symmetrical and more “peaky” than a normal distribution. The dispersion of the data around the mean is higher than that of a normal distribution. Laplace distribution is also sometimes called the double exponential distribution.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Probability density function''': For X&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;~&lt;/del&gt;Laplace(&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;\mu&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;,b)&lt;/del&gt;, the Laplace probability density function is given by&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Probability density function''': For &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;X&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;\sim \operatorname{&lt;/ins&gt;Laplace&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;}&lt;/ins&gt;(\mu&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;,b)&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, the Laplace probability density function is given by&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;:&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{1}{2b}\exp(-\frac{|x-\mu|}{b})&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;:&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{1}{2b}\exp(-\frac{|x-\mu|}{b})&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<id>https://wiki.socr.umich.edu/index.php?title=AP_Statistics_Curriculum_2007_Laplace&amp;diff=11169&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>TracyTam: /* Related Distributions */</title>
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		<updated>2011-07-11T21:22:50Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;‎&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;Related Distributions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l41&quot; &gt;Line 41:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Related Distributions===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Related Distributions===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X\sim Laplace(\mu,b)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;kX+b\sim Laplace(k\mu+b,kb)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X\sim &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;\operatorname{&lt;/ins&gt;Laplace&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;}&lt;/ins&gt;(\mu,b)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;kX+b\sim &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;\operatorname{&lt;/ins&gt;Laplace&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;}&lt;/ins&gt;(k\mu+b,kb)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X \sim Laplace(0,b)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;|X| \sim Exponential(\tfrac{1}{b})\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ([[&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;exponential &lt;/del&gt;distribution]])&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X \sim &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;\operatorname{&lt;/ins&gt;Laplace&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;}&lt;/ins&gt;(0,b)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;|X| \sim &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;\operatorname{Exponential}(\tfrac{1}{b})\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ([[Exponential distribution]])&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(\tfrac{1}{\lambda})\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y \sim \operatorname{&lt;/ins&gt;Exponential&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;}&lt;/ins&gt;(\tfrac{1}{&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;\lambda})\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X-Y \sim \operatorname{Laplace}\left(0,\lambda\right)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(\mu,\tfrac{1}{b})\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;|X-\mu| \sim \operatorname{Exponential}(b)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;* If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_i \sim \operatorname{Normal}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&amp;#160; for &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;i={1,2,3,4}\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_1 X_2 - X_3 X_4 \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ([[Normal distribution]])&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;* If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_i \sim \operatorname{Normal}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; for &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;i={1,2,3,4}\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_1 X_2 + X_3 X_4 \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(0,1)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;* If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X_i \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(\mu,&lt;/ins&gt;b&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;)\!&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{2}{b \sum_{i=1&lt;/ins&gt;}&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;^n |X_i-\mu|} \sim \chi^2(2n&lt;/ins&gt;) \! &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ([[&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Chi-square distribution]])&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;*If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;X \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(\mu,b)&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y \sim \operatorname{Laplace}(\mu,b)&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; \tfrac{|X-\mu|}{|Y-\mu|} \sim \operatorname{F}(2,2) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ([[F-&lt;/ins&gt;distribution]])&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Applications===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Applications===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>TracyTam</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.socr.umich.edu/index.php?title=AP_Statistics_Curriculum_2007_Laplace&amp;diff=11167&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>TracyTam: /* Laplace Distribution */</title>
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		<updated>2011-07-11T21:13:58Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;‎&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;Laplace Distribution&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 21:13, 11 July 2011&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l4&quot; &gt;Line 4:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Probability density function''': For X~Laplace(&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\mu&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;,b), the Laplace probability density function is given by&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;'''Probability density function''': For X~Laplace(&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\mu&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;,b), the Laplace probability density function is given by&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;:&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{1}{2b}exp(-\frac{|x-\mu|}{b})&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;:&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\frac{1}{2b}&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;\&lt;/ins&gt;exp(-\frac{|x-\mu|}{b})&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;where&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;where&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>TracyTam</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.socr.umich.edu/index.php?title=AP_Statistics_Curriculum_2007_Laplace&amp;diff=11166&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>TracyTam: /* Applications */</title>
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		<updated>2011-07-11T21:13:38Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;‎&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;Applications&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 21:13, 11 July 2011&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l49&quot; &gt;Line 49:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 49:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Insurance claims&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Insurance claims&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Structural changes in switching-regime model and Kalman filter&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;*Structural changes in switching-regime model and Kalman filter&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;===Example===&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Suppose that the return of a certain stock has a Laplace distribution with &amp;lt;font size=3&amp;gt;&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\mu=5&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;font size=3&amp;gt;&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;b=2&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;.&amp;#160; Compute the probability that the stock will have a return between 6 and 10. &lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;We can compute this as follows:&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;:&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;P(6 \le X\le 10)=\sum_{x=6}^{10}\frac{1}{2\times 2}\exp(-\frac{|x-5|}{2})=0.262223&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;The figure below shows this result using [http://socr.ucla.edu/htmls/dist/Laplace_Distribution.html SOCR distributions]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;center&amp;gt;[[Image:Laplace.jpg|600px]]&amp;lt;/center&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>TracyTam</name></author>
		
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