Variance of coins-per-die heads

You roll a fair six-sided die to get a number NN, then flip NN fair coins and count the heads HH. What is the variance of the number of heads HH? Give a decimal to four places.

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  1. Condition on the die NN: law of total variance.
  2. Var⁡(H)=E[N/4]+Var⁡(N/2)\operatorname{Var}(H)=E[N/4]+\operatorname{Var}(N/2).

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1.6042 (± 0.01)

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