Commutative free particle time evolution

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Homework Statement



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Homework Equations



i know schrödingher eq. and basic quantum formula

The Attempt at a Solution



i showed that the equality at the first question but i can not start from (a) part. how and where am i supposed to start for (a) part of question?
 
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i even don't know what is the time evoluation of varience? what is that?
 
Forget quantum mechanics for a second. From basic statistics, if x is a random variable, its variance is ##\sigma^2 = E[(x-\bar{x})^2]##, where ##\bar{x}=E(x)##. Now how does this translate into quantum mechanics? It should be clear how the first part of the problem then applies to solving (a).
 
thank you for your answer. now i am trying that

[itex]\frac{dψ}{dt}[/itex] = [itex]\frac{iħ}{2m}[/itex] d2ψ/dx2

after that i find that; (i send dt to right side)

ψ = ∫ [itex]\frac{iħ}{2m}[/itex] d2ψ/dx2 dt

but i don't know how can i take the integral of right side?

after that i will use the <x> = ∫ψ* x ψ

is that true?
 
me too. I am very confused. can you just tell me how can i find <x(t)> and <x(t)^2>