Is the Marginal CDF of X Correctly Defined with Two Random Variables?

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If there are X and Y two random variables. The pdf of Y is f(y), and conditional pdf of X is f(x|y). I want to find the marginal CDF of X, the F(x). Is this correct?
[itex]F(x)=\int^{F(x|y)}_{-\infty}f(y)dy[/itex]

[itex]\dfrac{d}{dx}\int^{F(x|y)}_{-\infty}f(y)dy=\int^{\infty}_{-\infty}f(x|y)f(y)dy=f(x)[/itex]?
 
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Yes, I know your logic. But I found the marginal expression today. I put it here. I want to know is it correct, or under what condition I can get F(x) that way?
 
zli034 said:
Yes, I know your logic. But I found the marginal expression today. I put it here. I want to know is it correct, or under what condition I can get F(x) that way?
It is not obvious. [itex]F(x)=\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}F(x|y)f(y)dy[/itex]. I don't see how you got your integral.