n = 11; x=2:12; p = [1,2,3,4,5,6,5,4,3,2,1]/36; sum ( p ) ave = 0.0; for i = 1 : n ave = ave + p(i) * x(i); end ave var = 0; for i = 1 : n var = var + p(i) * ( x(i) - ave )^2; end var