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crabbage

I've always seen variance as E[X^2] - E[X]^2 or the integral of x^2 * f(x)dx Is there a reason we use the formula above instead?

smohidee

They are equivalent forms. The formula in the slides captures the actual intent of the variance better, I think.

anonymous

These are indeed the same and this can be derived using linearity of expectation.