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Mean is given by, E(X) sum of samples / no. of samples.

Variance is Var.(X) = E(X^2) - [E(X)]^2.

It is the 1st term which makes the variation of variance independent of mean.

In other words, Variance gives a measure of how far the samples are spread out.

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