Probstat/week5 practice 1
thoretical exercises
1. For a random variable X with variance Var(X). For a constant a, prove that .
2. For a non-negative discrete random variable that takes on values 0,1,2,..., show that .
1. For a random variable X with variance Var(X). For a constant a, prove that 
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