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Step 2:

Calculate the

expectation value

ξ

and the

variance

σ

2

of the temperature using that

probability density

p

(T)

5.2

1

( )d

d

2

T

T

x p x x

x x

ξ

+∞

+

−∞

=

=

( )

2

2

2

1

(

)

d

(

) d

2

T

x

p x x

x T x

σ

ξ

+∞

+

−∞

=

=

Expectation

value:

Variance:

T

=

2

1

3

=

T

2

3

B

u

σ

= =

Standard uncertainty:

84