I came across this question in a review of an old exam I took. I didn't get the answer correctly then, and I'm struggling to figure the answer out now. Can anyone help me reason through this? If $F_X(z) > F_Y (z)$ for all $z\in \mathbb{R}$ then $P(X < Y ) > 0$? Here is what I attempted: I figured I might be able to approach this by proving this through contradiction. I started by assuming $P(X<Y)=0$. Then, \begin{eqnarray*} F_{X}(z)=P(X\le z) & = & P(X\le z,X<Y)+P(X\le z,X\ge Y)\\ & = & 0+P(X\le z,X\ge Y) \end{eqnarray*} Can anyone help from here? Thanks.