function variance = cardioid_variance ( a, b )

%*****************************************************************************80
%
%% cardioid_variance() returns the variance of the Cardioid PDF.
%
%  Licensing:
%
%    This code is distributed under the MIT license.
%
%  Modified:
%
%    15 March 2016
%
%  Author:
%
%    John Burkardt
%
%  Input:
%
%    real A, B, the parameters of the PDF.
%    0.0 <= B <= 0.5.
%
%  Output:
%
%    real VARIANCE, the variance of the PDF.
%
  variance = a;

  return
end
