Change of mean for a standard normal variable Beginning to learn a bit of probability theory and I'm a little confused with this one. I know that given a Standard Normal variable X
$X \sim \mathcal{N}(0, 1)$, if $Y = X + c$ then $Y \sim \mathcal{N}(c, \sigma^2)$
Now if, 
$Y = aX+b $, is $Y \sim \mathcal{N}($b/a$, \sigma^2)$?
 A: If you don't remember the exact distribution for $Y=a+bX$, you can always derive it. First, suppose $b>0$. Then,
\begin{aligned}
\Pr[Y\leq y]&=\Pr[a+bX\leq y]\\
&=\Pr[X\leq (y-a)/b]\\
&=\int_{-\infty}^{(y-a)/b}\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}}\exp\left[-\frac{1}{2}x^2\right]dx
\end{aligned}
You desire the upper limit to be $y$ so make the substitution $u=a+bx$. As $x$ varies between $-\infty$ and $(y-a)/b$, $u$ varies between $-\infty$ and $y$ (this is where we use $b>0$). We have
$$
\Pr[Y\leq y]=\int_{-\infty}^y\frac{1}{b\sqrt{2\pi}}\exp\left[-\frac{1}{2}\frac{(u-a)^2}{b^2}\right]du.
$$
You then can recognize the integrand as the PDF of $N(a,b^2)$.
If $b<0$, then $Y=a+bX=a+(-b)Z$, where $Z=-X$ is also $N(0,1)$ (why?). By the analysis above, $Y\sim N(a,(-b)^2)=N(a,b^2)$.
Finally, if $b=0$, then $Y$ is nonrandom and always equals $a$, which can be thought of as $N(a,0)=N(a,b^2)$.
So in all cases, you have $Y\sim N(a,b^2)$.
A: Let $X \sim \mathcal{N}(0, 1)$. Then, $E[X+c] = E[X]  + E[c] = E[X] + c = c$. Also, $\text{Var}[X+c] = \text{Var}[X] = 1. $ So $Y \sim \mathcal{N}(c,1)$.
If instead we have $Y=aX+b$, then $E[Y] = E[aX+b] = E[aX] + E[b] = a E[X] + b = a \cdot 0 + b$. Also, $\text{Var}[aX+b] = \text{Var}[aX] = a^2 \text{Var}[X] = a^2 $. So $Y \sim\mathcal{N}(b, a^2 )$.
Take a look at the properties of expectation/variance, they will come up alot.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expected_value#Properties
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variance#Basic_properties
EDIT: I'm assuming that you know these transformations still result in a normal distribution and simply checking their mean & variance. The other answer provided is much more thorough . . . 
