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Define the variance of a random variable X to be V (X) = E[(X − E[X])2]....

Define the variance of a random variable X to be V (X) = E[(X − E[X])2]. Find the mean
and variance of X if X ∼ Dunif({1, 3, 5, 7, 9}), by hand.

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