JEE MAIN - Mathematics (2020 - 8th January Evening Slot - No. 5)

The mean and variance of 20 observations are found to be 10 and 4, respectively. On rechecking, it was found that an observation 9 was incorrect and the correct observation was 11. Then the correct variance is
3.98
3.99
4.01
4.02

Explanation

Let 20 observation be x1 , x2 ,....., x20

Mean =
x1 + x2 +, .....+ x20
20
= 10

$$ \Rightarrow $$ x1 + x2 +, .....+ x20 = 200

Variance = $${{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{i = n} {x_i^2} } \over n} - {\left( {\overline x } \right)^2}$$

$$ \Rightarrow $$ 4 = $${{x_1^2 + x_2^2 + ... + x_{20}^2} \over {20}}$$ - 102

$$ \Rightarrow $$ $${x_1^2 + x_2^2 + ... + x_{20}^2}$$ = 2080

Also x1 + x2 +, .....+ x20 - 9 + 11 = 202

new variance will be

= $${{x_1^2 + x_2^2 + ... + x_{20}^2 - 81 + 121} \over {20}}$$ - $${\left( {{{202} \over {20}}} \right)^2}$$

= 3.99

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