Expected value of product of dependent random variables $X_1$ and $X_2$ are two independent random variables whose expected values are known. I am trying to find the expected value of $(X_1/(X_1+X_2))$. Since $X_1$ and $X_1+X_2$ are dependent, I tried to use the formula for covariance to calculate the expected value of the product but this results in variance ($X_1$) being part of the resultant expression which is unknown. Is there any other way of finding the expected value of the expression $(X_1/(X_1+X_2))$?
 A: An extended comment:
Let $\mathcal G(a,b)$ be the gamma density with pdf $f(x)\propto e^{-ax}x^{b-1}\mathbf1_{x>0}$.
Consider independent random variables $X_1\sim\mathcal G(a,b)$ and $X_2\sim\mathcal G(a,c)$.
Then it can be shown that $X_1+X_2$ is independent of $\frac{X_1}{X_1+X_2}$. 
In fact, $X_1+X_2\sim\mathcal G(a,b+c)$ and $\frac{X_1}{X_1+X_2}\sim\mathcal{Be}(b,c)$, the beta distribution of the first kind.
This is a standard relation between beta and gamma variables.
Now,
\begin{align}E(X_1)&=E\left(\frac{X_1}{X_1+X_2}\cdot X_1+X_2\right)
\\&=E\left(\frac{X_1}{X_1+X_2}\right)E(X_1+X_2)
\end{align}
Hence, $$E\left(\frac{X_1}{X_1+X_2}\right)=\frac{E(X_1)}{E(X_1)+E(X_2)}$$
While I do not know a general formula for the expectation you ask for, in some special cases like the above, we can use well-known relations between functions of the random variables under consideration and use their independence and proceed. Here, of course all the expectations exist which may not be the case in general.
