Let Y1, Y2, ... , Yn be a random sample of size n from a gamma distribution with parameters α = 1 and β = 2. Derive the probability distribution of the sample mean Y̅ using moment-generating functions

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Let Y1, Y2, ... , Yn be a random sample of size n from a gamma distribution with parameters α = 1
and β = 2. Derive the probability distribution of the sample mean Y̅ using moment-generating
functions.

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