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Consider the order statistics X(1)<X(2)<<X(n)X_{(1)} < X_{(2)} < \dots < X_{(n)} for a sample of size nn from Uniform(0,1)Uniform(0, 1). What is the variance of the sample range R=X(n)X(1)R = X_{(n)} - X_{(1)}?