Square each value of X before weighting it by probability. The three contributions are 4/3, 9/2 and 1/6. Their sum is 6.0, so E(X²)=6.0. This is the second raw moment. Squaring the mean, or taking the variance without adding the squared mean, gives a different quantity.
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