Exercise 3

  1. What is the difference between variance and standard deviation?
  2. Write a Python command to calculate the mean of a list [3, 5, 7, 9].
  3. How do you visualize a normal distribution in Python?
  4. Write a Python script to compute and visualize the shear force distribution along a simply supported beam.
  5. Write a Python script using SciPy to solve the differential equation dy/dt = -y + 10.