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Just in case anyone doesn't want to figure out E[X^2]

here is how I did it.

E[x] = int( x * fX(x),x,a,b)

E[x^2] = int( x^2 * fX(x),x,a,b)

then I just go Var(x) = E[x^2] - E[x]

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