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I am doing some practice problems to prepare for my statistics exam, and I just want to know if my reasoning is correct on one problem, and if not, I want to know how I should reason through this. The question is as follows:

X, Y are random variables following the Beta distribution B(120, 2019). What is P(2X+4 > 3Y)?

My reasoning is that since X,Y are following the Beta distribution, any x,y $\in$ X,Y must be bound to the interval (0,1). Thus, 2X+4 must be bound to (4,6), while 3Y must be bound to (0,3). So would I be right in saying this probability is 100% since min(X)>max(Y)? Thank you for any help. Again, I am not just looking for the answer, I am looking to see if my reasoning is correct, and how I should reason through it if my reasoning is incorrect.

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Comment: Your logic seems correct; here is a quick simulation, using R statistical software.

set.seed(2019); m = 10^6
x = rbeta(m, 120, 2019); y = rbeta(m, 120, 2019)
mean(2*x + 4 > 3*y)
[1] 1   # TRUE for 100% of simulated values.

Also, you must have $D = 2X - 3Y > -4.$ Here is a summary of the simulated values of $D,$ all of which exceed $-4.$ Indeed the largest $D \approx 0.03, $ which agrees with what you say.

d = 2*x - 3*y
summary(d)
    Min.  1st Qu.   Median     Mean  3rd Qu.     Max. 
-0.15004 -0.06806 -0.05594 -0.05613 -0.04396  0.03038
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  • $\begingroup$ Another, slightly less attractive approach would be to notice that $\mathsf{Beta}(120, 2019)$ is approximately normal, then get a normal approximation of $D$ and show it has (essentially) all its probability above $-4.$ That might be an approach to approximate, say $P(-0.1 < D < -0.05) \approx 0.37,$ without using simulation. $\endgroup$
    – BruceET
    Commented Jan 21, 2019 at 4:15

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