MCQ 2011 Mark
If the mean of $4, 7, 2, 8, 6$ and $a$ is $7$, then the mean deviation from the median of these observations is
Answerd
Given observatons are $4,7,2,8,6,a$ and mean is $7$.
We know
Mean $ = \frac{{4 + 7 + 2 + 8 + 6 + a}}{6}$
$ \Rightarrow 7 = \frac{{4 + 7 + 2 + 8 + 6 + a}}{6} \Rightarrow a = 15$
Now, given observations can be written in ascending order which is $2,4,6,7,8,15$
Since, No. of observation is even
$\therefore $ Median
$ = \frac{{{{\left( {\frac{6}{2}} \right)}^{th}}observation + {{\left( {\frac{6}{2} + 1} \right)}^{th}}observation}}{2}$
$ = \frac{{{3^{rd}}observation + {4^{th}}observation}}{2}$
$ = \frac{{6 + 7}}{2} = \frac{{13}}{2}$
Now, Mean deviation $ = \frac{{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^6 { \ge \left| {{x_i} - \frac{{13}}{2}} \right|} }}{6}$
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Let ${x_1}\;,\;{x_2}\;,\;.\;.\;.\;,{x_n}$ be $n$ observations, and let $\bar x$ be their arithmaetic mean and ${\sigma ^2}$ be the variance
Statement $-1$ :Variance of $2{x_1}\;,2\;{x_2}\;,\;.\;.\;.\;,2{x_n}$ is $4{\sigma ^2}$ .
Statement $-2$: Arithmetic mean $2{x_1}\;,2\;{x_2}\;,\;.\;.\;.\;,2{x_n}$ is $4\bar x$.
- A
Statement $-1$ is false, Statement $-2$ is true;
- B
Statement $-1$ is true, Statement $-2$ is true; Statement $-2$ is not acorrect explanation for Statement $-1$
- C
Statement $-1$ is true, Statement $-2$ is true; Statement $-2$ is a correct explanation for Statement $-1$
- ✓
Statement $-1$ is true, Statement $-2$ is false
AnswerCorrect option: D. Statement $-1$ is true, Statement $-2$ is false
d
$x_{1}, x_{2}, x_{3}, \ldots . x_{n}, \mathrm{A.M} .=\bar{x}, \text { Variance }=\sigma^{2}$
Statement $2 : A.M.$ of $2 x_{1}, 2 x_{2}, \ldots ., 2 x_{n}$
$=\frac{2\left(x_{1}+x_{2}+\ldots . .+x_{n}\right)}{n}=2 \bar{x}$
Given $A . M .=4 \bar{x} $
$ \therefore$ Statement $2$ is false.
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The median of $100$ observations grouped in classes of equal width is $25.$ If the median class interval is $20 - 30$ and the number of observations less than $20$ is $4 5,$ then the frequency of median class is
Answera
Median is given as
$M = l + \frac{{\frac{N}{2} - F}}{f} \times C$ where
$l=$ lower limit of the median -class
$f=$ frequency of the median class
$N=$ total frequency
$F=$ cumulative frequency of the class just before the median class
$C=$ legth of median class
Now, given , $M=25,N=100,F=45,C=20-30=10,l=20$.
$\therefore $ By using formula, we have
$25 = 20 + \frac{{50 - 45}}{f} \times 10$
$25 - 20 = \frac{{50}}{f} \Rightarrow 5 = \frac{{50}}{f} \Rightarrow f = 10$
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Statement $1$ : The variance of first $n$ odd natural numbers is $\frac{{{n^2} - 1}}{3}$
Statement $2$ : The sum of first $n$ odd natural number is $n^2$ and the sum of square of first $n$ odd natural numbers is $\frac{{n\left( {4{n^2} + 1} \right)}}{3}$
- ✓
Statement $1$ is true, Statement $2$ is false.
- B
Statement $1$ is true, Statement $2$ is true;
Statement $2$ is not a correct explanation for Statement $1$.
- C
Statement $1$ is false, Statement $2$ is true.
- D
Statement $1$ is true, Statement $2$ is true,
Statement $2$ is a correct explanation for Statement $1$.
AnswerCorrect option: A. Statement $1$ is true, Statement $2$ is false.
a
Statement $2$ : Sum of first $n$ odd natural numbers is not equal to $n^2$ So, statement $- 2$ is false.
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If the mean deviation about the median of the numbers $a,2a,3a,\;.\;.\;.\;.,50a$ is $50 $ thne $|a| $ equals
Answerb
Median $=25.5 \mathrm{a}$
Mean deviation about median $=50$
$\Rightarrow \frac{\Sigma\left|x_{i}-25.5 a\right|}{50}=50$
$\Rightarrow 24.5 \mathrm{a}+23.5 \mathrm{a}+\ldots . .+0.5 \mathrm{a}+0.5 \mathrm{a}+\ldots .+24.5 \mathrm{a}=2500$
$\Rightarrow a+3 a+5 a+\ldots \ldots+49 a=2500$
$\Rightarrow 25 / 2(50 a)=2500 \Rightarrow a=4$
Median $=25.5 \mathrm{a}$
Mean deviation about median $=50$
$\Rightarrow \frac{\Sigma\left|x_{i}-25.5 a\right|}{50}=50$
$\Rightarrow 24.5 \mathrm{a}+23.5 \mathrm{a}+\ldots . .+0.5 \mathrm{a}+0.5 \mathrm{a}+\ldots .+24.5 \mathrm{a}=2500$
$\Rightarrow a+3 a+5 a+\ldots .+49 a=2500$
$\Rightarrow 25 / 2(50 a)=2500 \Rightarrow a=4$
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For two data sets, each of size $5$, the variances are given to be $4$ and $5$ and the corresponding means are given to be $2$ and $4$, respectively. The variance of the combined data set is
- ✓
$\frac{{11}}{2}$
- B
$6$
- C
$\frac{{13}}{2}$
- D
$\frac{5}{2}$
AnswerCorrect option: A. $\frac{{11}}{2}$
a
Given: $\sigma_{x}^{2}=4$ and $\sigma_{y}^{2}=5$
Also given that $\frac{\Sigma x_{i}}{5}=2$ and $\frac{\Sigma y_{i}}{5}=4$
$\Rightarrow \Sigma x_{i}=\bar{x}=10$ and $\Sigma y_{i}=\bar{y}=20$
$\sigma_{x}^{2}=\left(\frac{1}{5} \Sigma x_{i}^{2}\right)-(\bar{x})^{2}$
$=\left(\frac{1}{5} \Sigma x_{i}^{2}\right)-(2)^{2}$ ......$(i)$
$\sigma_{y}^{2}=\frac{1}{5}\left(\Sigma y_{i}^{2}\right)-(\bar{y})^{2}$
$=\frac{1}{5}\left(\Sigma y_{i}^{2}\right)-16$ ..........$(ii)$
Substituting $\sigma_{x}^{2}=4$ in $(i)$ we get
$4=\left(\frac{1}{5} \Sigma x_{i}^{2}\right)-4$
$\Rightarrow 4+4=\frac{1}{5} \Sigma x_{i}^{2}$
$\Rightarrow \Sigma x_{i}^{2}=40$
Similarly by substituting $\sigma_{y}^{2}=5$ in $(ii)$ we have
$5=\frac{1}{5} \Sigma y_{i}^{2}-16$
$\Rightarrow 5+16=\frac{1}{5} \Sigma y_{i}^{2}$
$\Rightarrow 21=\frac{1}{5} \Sigma y_{i}^{2}$
$\Rightarrow \Sigma y_{i}^{2}=105$
Combined varience $=\sigma_{z}^{2}=\frac{1}{10}\left(\Sigma x_{i}^{2}+\Sigma y_{i}^{2}\right)-\left(\frac{\bar{x}+\bar{y}}{2}\right)^{2}$
$=\frac{1}{10}(40+105)-\left(\frac{2+4}{2}\right)^{2}$
$=\frac{145-90}{10}$
$=\frac{55}{10}=\frac{11}{2}$
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If the mean deviation of the numbers $1,1 + d,1 + 2d,\;.\;.\;.\;.,1 + 100d$ from their mean is $255$, then $d$ is equal to:
AnswerCorrect option: B. $10.1$
b
The given series $1,1+d, 1+2 d \ldots \ldots 1+100 d$ is $A.P.$
No. of terms in this series $=101$
Mean of this series $=\bar{x}=\frac{1+(1+d)+(1+2 d)+\ldots+(1+100 d)}{101}$
$1+(1+d)+(1+2 d)+\ldots \ldots+(1+100 d)=\frac{101}{2}(2+(101-1) d)$
$=101(50 d+1)$
$\therefore \bar{x}=\frac{101(50 d+1)}{101}=1+50 d$
Therefore mean deviation from mean
$ = \frac{1}{{101}}\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{100} {\left[ {\left( {1 + rd} \right) - \left( {1 + 50d} \right)} \right]} $
$=\frac{2 d}{101}\left(\frac{50 \times 51}{2}\right)$
$\Rightarrow 255=\frac{50 \times 51 \times d}{101}$
$d=\frac{255 \times 101}{50 \times 51}$
$=10.1$
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The mean of the numbers $a, b, 8, 5, 10$ is $6$ and the variance is $6.80.$ Then which one of the following gives possible values of $a$ and $b$ $?$
- A
$a=0 ,b=7$
- B
$a=5 ,b=2$
- C
$a=1 ,b=6$
- ✓
$a=3 ,b=4$
AnswerCorrect option: D. $a=3 ,b=4$
d
$6.80=\frac{(6-a)^{2}+(6-b)^{2}+(6-8)^{2}+(6-5)^{2}+(6-10)^{2}}{5}$
$\Rightarrow(6-a)^{2}+(6-b)^{2}+4+1+16=34$
$(6-a)^{2}+(6-b)^{2}=34-21$
$(6-a)^{2}+(6-b)^{2}=13$
$(6-a)^{2}+(6-b)^{2}=9+4$
$(6-a)^{2}+(6-b)^{2}=3^{2}+2^{2}$
$(6-a)^{2}=3^{2}(6-b)^{2}=2^{2}$
$6-a=3 \quad 6-b=2$
$-a=-3 \quad-b=-4$
$a=3$
$b=4$
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The average marks of boys in class is $52$ and that of girls is $42.$ The average marks ofboys and girls combined is $50.$ The percentage of boys in the class is
Answera
Let the number of boys and girls be $x$ and $y$
$\therefore 52 x+42 y=50(x+y)$
$52 x+42 y=50 x+50 y$
$52 x-50 x=50 y-42 y$
$2 x=8 y$
$x=4 y$
Total number of students in the class $=x+y$
$=4 y+y$
$=5 y$
Percentage of boys $=\frac{4 y}{5 y} \times 100^{20}$
$=80$
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Suppose a population $A $ has $100$ observations $ 101,102, . . .,200 $ and another population $B $ has $100$ observation $151,152, . . .,250$ .If $V_A$ and $V_B$ represent the variances of the two populations , respectively then $V_A / V_B$ is
- ✓
$1$
- B
$\frac{9}{4}$
- C
$\frac{4}{9}$
- D
$\frac{2}{3}$
Answera
Series $A=101,102 \ldots \ldots 200$
Series $\mathrm{B}=151,152 \ldots \ldots .250$
Here series $\mathrm{B}$ can be obtained if we change the origin of $A$ by $50$ units.
And we know the variance does not change by changing the origin.
So, $\quad V_{A}=V_{B}$
$\Rightarrow \quad \frac{V_{A}}{V_{B}}=1$
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If in a frequency distribution, the mean and median are $21$ and $22$ respectively, then its mode is approximately
Answerb
(b) We know that,
Mode = $3$ Median -$2$ Mean = $3(22) -2(21)$
$= 66 -42 = 24.$
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Let ${x_1},\,{x_2},....,{x_n}$ be $n$ observations such that $\sum x_i^2 = 400$ and $\sum x_i^{} = 80$. Then a possible value of $n$ among the following is
Answerd
(d) Since, root mean square $\ge$ arithmetic mean
$\sqrt {\frac{{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {x_i^2} }}{n}} \ge \frac{{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{x_i}} }}{n} = \sqrt {\frac{{400}}{n}} \ge \frac{{80}}{n} \Rightarrow n \ge 16$
Hence, possible value of $n = 18.$
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In a series of $2n$ observations, half of them equal to $a$ and remaining half equal to $-a$. If the standard deviation of the observations is $2$, then $|a|$ equals
- A
$\frac{{\sqrt 2 }}{n}$
- B
$\sqrt 2 $
- ✓
$2$
- D
$\frac{1}{n}$
Answerc
(c) Let $a, a, ........n$ times and $-a, -a, -a, -a, ........n$ times i.e., mean = $0$ and $S.D.$ $ = \sqrt {\frac{{n{{(a - 0)}^2} + n{{( - a - 0)}^2}}}{{2n}}} $
$2 = \sqrt {\frac{{n{a^2} + n{a^2}}}{{2n}}} = \sqrt {{a^2}} = \pm a$.
Hence $|a|\; = 2$.
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The median of a set of $9$ distinct observations is $20.5$. If each of the largest $4$ observation of the set is increased by $2$, then the median of the new set
- A
Is increased by $2$
- B
Is decreased by $2$
- C
Is two times the original median
- ✓
Remains the same as that of the original set
AnswerCorrect option: D. Remains the same as that of the original set
d
(d) Since $n = 9$, then median term $ = {\left( {\frac{{9 + 1}}{2}} \right)^{th}}$
$ = {5^{th\ }} {\rm{ term}}$.
Now, last four observations are increased by $2$.
The median is $5^{th}$ observation, which is remaining unchanged.
There will be no change in median.
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In an experiment with $15$ observations on $x$, the following results were available $\sum {x^2} = 2830$, $\sum x = 170$. On observation that was $20$ was found to be wrong and was replaced by the correct value $30$. Then the corrected variance is..
- ✓
$78$
- B
$188.66$
- C
$177.33$
- D
$8.33$
Answera
(a) $\sum x = 170$, $\sum {x^2} = 2830$
Increase in $\sum x = 10$, then $\sum x' = 170 + 10 = 180$
Increase in $\sum {x^2} = 900 - 400 = 500$, then
$\sum {x'^2} = 2830 + 500 = 3330$
Variance $ = \frac{1}{n}\sum {x'^2} - {\left( {\frac{{\sum x'}}{n}} \right)^2}$
$ = \frac{{3330}}{{15}} - {\left( {\frac{{180}}{{15}}} \right)^2} = 222 - 144 = 78$.
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In a class of $100$ students there are $70$ boys whose average marks in a subject are $75$. If the average marks of the complete class are $72$, then what are the average marks of the girls
Answerb
(b) Let the average marks of the girls students be $x$, then $72 = \frac{{70 \times 75 + 30 \times x}}{{100}}$ (Number of girls = $100-70$ = $30$)
i.e., $\frac{{7200 - 5250}}{{30}} = x$;
$x = 65.$
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If in an examination different weights are assigned to different subjects. Physics $(2)$, Chemistry $(1)$, English $(1) $ Mathematics $(2)$. If a student scored $60$ in Physics, $70$ in Chemistry, $70$ in English and $80$ in Mathematics, then his weighted $A.M.$ is :-
Answerb
Weighted $A.M.$
$=\frac{2 \times 60+1 \times 70+1 \times 70+2 \times 80}{2+1+1+2}=70$
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Sum of the absolute deviations remains minimum with respect to
Answerb
Minimum deviation (MD) from mean $=\frac{\sum|X-\bar{X}|}{n}$
MD from median $=\frac{\sum \mid X-\text { median } \mid}{n}$
MD from mode $=\frac{\sum \mid X-\text { mode } \mid}{n}$
Since median $>$ mean $(\bar{X})$ and median $>$ mode.
So, It is clear that the mean deviation from median has the least value.
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Mean deviation is least if it is taken about :-
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If $\sum_{i=1}^{5}(x_i-10)=5$ and $\sum_{i=1}^{5}(x_i-10)^2=5$ then standard deviation of observations $2x_1 + 7, 2x_2 + 7, 2x_3 + 7, 2x_4 + 7$ and $2x_5 + 7$ is equal to-
Answerc
$\because \operatorname{var} .\left(2 \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}+7\right)=4 \operatorname{var}\left(\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}\right)=4\left(\frac{\Sigma \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}^{2}}{5}-\left(\frac{\Sigma \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}}{5}\right)^{2}\right)$
$=4\left(\frac{25}{5}-\left(\frac{5}{5}\right)^{2}\right)=4(5-1)=16$
$\therefore \mathrm{S} \mathrm{D}=\sqrt{16}=4$
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Variance of $^{10}C_0$ , $^{10}C_1$ , $^{10}C_2$ ,.... $^{10}C_{10}$ is
- A
$\frac{{10.\,{}^{20}{C_{_{10}}} - {2^{10}}}}{{100}}$
- B
$\frac{{11\,{}^{20}{C_{_{10}}} - {2^{10}}}}{{11}}$
- C
$\frac{{10.\,{}^{20}{C_{_{10}}} - {2^{20}}}}{{100}}$
- ✓
$\frac{{11.\,{}^{20}{C_{_{10}}} - {2^{20}}}}{{121}}$
AnswerCorrect option: D. $\frac{{11.\,{}^{20}{C_{_{10}}} - {2^{20}}}}{{121}}$
d
Variance $=\frac{\Sigma \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}^{2}}{\mathrm{n}}-\left(\frac{\Sigma \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}}{\mathrm{n}}\right)^{2}$
$=\frac{^{20} \mathrm{C}_{10}}{11}-\left(\frac{2^{10}}{11}\right)^{2}$
$=\frac{11 \cdot^{20} \mathrm{C}_{10}-2^{20}}{121}$
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If $x_1, x_2,.....x_n$ are $n$ observations such that $\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {x_i^2} = 400$ and $\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{x_i}} = 100$ , then possible value of $n$ among the following is
Answerd
Use $: \sigma^{2} \geq 0$
$ \Rightarrow \frac{\sum x_{i}^{2}}{n}-\left(\frac{\sum x_{i}}{n}\right)^{2} \geq 0$
$\Rightarrow \quad \frac{400}{n}-\frac{10000}{n^{2}} \geq 0 $
$\Rightarrow n \geq 25$
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Let $x_1,x_2,.........,x_{100}$ are $100$ observations such that $\sum {{x_i} = 0,\,\sum\limits_{1 \leqslant i \leqslant j \leqslant 100} {\left| {{x_i}{x_j}} \right|} } = 80000\,\& $ mean deviation from their mean is $5,$ then their standard deviation, is-
Answerb
$\bar{x}=\frac{\sum x_{i}}{100}=0$ and
$\frac{\sum\left|x_{i}-\bar{x}\right|}{100}=5 \Rightarrow \sum\left|x_{i}\right|=500$
$ \Rightarrow \sum {x_i^2} + 2\sum\limits_{1 \le i < j \le 100} {\left| {{x_i}{x_j}} \right|} = {(500)^2}$
$\Rightarrow \frac{\sum x_{i}^{2}}{100}=\frac{(500)^{2}-2 \sum\left|x_{i} x_{j}\right|}{100}=2500-1600$
$S. D.=\sqrt{\frac{\sum\left(x_{i}-\bar{x}\right)^{2}}{100}}=\sqrt{900}=30$
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If each of given $n$ observations is multiplied by a certain positive number $'k'$, then for new set of observations -
AnswerCorrect option: D. new standard deviation will be $k$ times old standard deviation
d
Variance will be multiplied by $k^2$.
$S.D$. will be multiplied by $k$.
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Let $v_1 =$ variance of $\{13, 1 6, 1 9, . . . . . , 103\}$ and $v_2 =$ variance of $\{20, 26, 32, . . . . . , 200\}$, then $v_1 : v_2$ is
- A
$1 : 2$
- B
$1 : 1$
- C
$4 : 9$
- ✓
$1 : 4$
AnswerCorrect option: D. $1 : 4$
d
$ \mathrm{v}_{1}= \text { variance of }\{13,16,19, \ldots \ldots, 103\} $
$= \text { variance of }\{3,6,9, \ldots \ldots, 93\} $
$= 9(\text { variance of }\{1,2,3, \ldots .31\}) $
${v_2} = {\rm{variance of }}\{ 20,26,32, \ldots .,200\} $
$ = {\rm{ variance of }}\{ 6,12,18, \ldots .,186\} $
$=36 \text { (variance of }\{1,2,3, \ldots . .31\}) $
$ \therefore \frac{\mathrm{v}_{1}}{\mathrm{v}_{2}}=\frac{1}{4} $
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Let $y_1$ , $y_2$ , $y_3$ ,..... $y_n$ be $n$ observations. Let ${w_i} = l{y_i} + k\,\,\forall \,\,i = 1,2,3.....,n,$ where $l$ , $k$ are constants. If the mean of $y_i's$ is is $48$ and their standard deviation is $12$ , then mean of $w_i's$ is $55$ and standard deviation of $w_i's$ is $15$ , then values of $l$ and $k$ should be
- A
$l = 2.5, k = 5$
- B
$l = 1.25, k = 5$
- ✓
$l = 1.25, k = -5$
- D
$l = 2.5, k = -5$
AnswerCorrect option: C. $l = 1.25, k = -5$
c
Mean of ${\omega _i} = l$ (mean of ${{y_i}}$) $+k$
$55 = l.48 + {\rm{k}}$ .........$(i)$
standard deviation of
${\omega _i} = l$ (standard deviation of ${{{\rm{y}}_i}}$)
$15 = l.12$ ...........$(ii)$
$l = 1.25$ and $\mathrm{k}=-5$
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If $\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{18} {({x_i} - 8) = 9} $ and $\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{18} {({x_i} - 8)^2 = 45} $ then the standard deviation of $x_1, x_2, ...... x_{18}$ is :-
Answerc
Varriance of observation $\left(\mathrm{x}_{1}-8\right) \forall \mathrm{i}=1,2,3, \ldots .18$
$=\frac{45}{18}-\left(\frac{9}{18}\right)^{2}=\frac{5}{2}-\frac{1}{4}=\frac{9}{4}$
then $S.D.$ of $x_{1} \forall i=1,2,3, \ldots . .18$
$=\sqrt{\frac{9}{4}}=\frac{3}{2}$
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The mean of two samples of size $200$ and $300$ were found to be $25, 10$ respectively their $S.D.$ is $3$ and $4$ respectively then variance of combined sample of size $500$ is :-
- A
$64$
- B
$65.2$
- ✓
$67.2$
- D
$64.2$
AnswerCorrect option: C. $67.2$
c
$\mathrm{x}_{1}=200 \quad \mathrm{x}_{2}=300$
$\overline{\mathrm{x}}_{1}=25 \quad \overline{\mathrm{x}}_{2}=10$
$\sigma_{1}=3 \quad \sigma_{2}=4$
combined mean $=\frac{25 \times 200+10 \times 300}{500}=16$
$\sigma_{1}^{2}=9=\frac{1}{200}\left(\sum x_{i}^{2}\right)-625$
$126800=\sum x_{i}^{2}$
$\sigma_{2}^{2}=16=\frac{1}{300} \sum y_{1}^{2}-100$
$34800=\sum y_{1}^{2}$
$\sigma^{2}=\frac{1}{500}(126800+34800)-(16)^{2}$
$=323.2-256=67.2$
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The average marks of $10$ students in a class was $60$ with a standard deviation $4$ , while the average marks of other ten students was $40$ with a standard deviation $6$ . If all the $20$ students are taken together, their standard deviation will be
AnswerCorrect option: D. $11.2$
d
$\mathrm{n}_{1}=10, \mathrm{n}_{2}=10$
average $\mathrm{m}_{1}=60, \mathrm{m}_{2}=40$
$\sigma_{1}=4, \sigma_{2}=6$
Standard deviation of combined series
$\sigma=\sqrt{\frac{n_{1} \sigma_{1}^{2}+n_{2} \sigma_{2}^{2}}{n_{1}+n_{2}}+\frac{n_{1} n_{2}\left(m_{1}-m_{2}\right)^{2}}{\left(n_{1}+n_{2}\right)^{2}}}$
$=\sqrt{\frac{10 \times 16+10 \times 36}{10+10}+\frac{10 \times 10(60-40)^{2}}{(10+10)^{2}}}$
$=\sqrt{8+18+100}=\sqrt{126}=11.2$
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