Variance exercises

source/sec-Variance.ptx

@@ -248,6 +248,12 @@
           </tabular>
         </table>
       </statement>
+
+      <answer>
+        <p>
+          <m>5.76</m>.
+        </p>
+      </answer>
     </exercise>
 
     <exercise>
@@ -299,6 +305,12 @@
           What is <m>\Var(X)</m>?
         </p>
       </statement>
+
+      <answer>
+        <p>
+          <m>1/18</m>.
+        </p>
+      </answer>
     </exercise>
 
     <exercise>
@@ -309,6 +321,12 @@
           What is <m>\Var(X)</m>?
         </p>
       </statement>
+
+      <answer>
+        <p>
+          <m>0.6</m>.
+        </p>
+      </answer>
     </exercise>
 
     <exercise>
@@ -319,6 +337,12 @@
           What is <m>\Var(X)</m>?
         </p>
       </statement>
+
+      <answer>
+        <p>
+          <m>4 - \left(\frac{4}{3}\ln(4)\right)^2 \approx 0.583</m>.
+        </p>
+      </answer>
     </exercise>
 
     <exercise>
@@ -326,10 +350,16 @@
         <p>
           A continuous random variable <m>X</m> taking values in <m>[1, 4]</m> has p.d.f.
           <m>f(x) = k(x - \sqrt{x})</m> for some constant <m>k</m>.
-          In a previous problem, you found the value of <m>k</m>.
+          In a previous problem (<xref ref="exercise-continuous-RV-find-k"/>), you found the value of <m>k</m>.
           Now, find <m>\Var(X)</m>.
         </p>
       </statement>
+
+      <answer>
+        <p>
+          <m>\frac{2307}{238} - \left(\frac{258}{85}\right)^2 \approx 0.48</m>.
+        </p>
+      </answer>
     </exercise>
 
     <exercise>
@@ -340,6 +370,12 @@
           Find <m>\Var(X)</m>.
         </p>
       </statement>
+
+      <answer>
+        <p>
+          <m>\frac{29}{24} - \frac{1}{2}\ln(2) \approx 0.862</m>.
+        </p>
+      </answer>
     </exercise>
     </exercises>
   </section>