On the linear combination, product and ratio of normal and Laplace random variables

The distributions of linear combinations, products and ratios of random variables arise in many areas of engineering. In this note, the exact distributions of αX+βY, |XY| and |X/Y| are derived when X and Y are independent normal and Laplace random variables.

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