Variance Is Spread of Leftover

Variance mixes squared distances from the mean: a fair Bernoulli has Var 0.25 and SD 0.5. Spreads add only when Cov = 0: Var(X + Y) is 0.5 independent, 1.0 for copies, 0 for opposites.

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