Is the variance the same as the second moment for queueing theory?

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In Queueing Theory, is the Second Moment of service time the same as "Variance". I was given a homework question that has 3 parts -

(a) Service time exponentially distributed with rate $\frac15$,

(b) Deterministic service time equal to $5$,

(c) Service Time of equal probability of $1$ or $9$.

If we do the math, all (a), (b) and (c) have the same average service time. As such, I need to use Variance to differentiate them when using the Pollaczek-Khinchin (P-K formula).

Before doing so, I need to know if Variance is the same as Second Moment.

Any help would be great. Thanks.

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Both are defined in queuing theory like in any field (I know or ever heard of) using probabilities. Given a random variable $X$

  • the variance is defined as $\mathbb{E}((X-\mathbb{E}(X))^2)$

  • the second moment is defined as $\mathbb{E}(X^2)$