Calculating Density Function of Joint Independent Exponential Random Variables

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X and Y are independent, exponentially distributed random variables - with possibly different parameters

Determine the density func. of Z = X / Y

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What eqn can you write for the pdf of Z at z given Y=y?
How can you then average that out over all possible y?
 

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