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AP EAMCET · Maths · Statistics

If \(\alpha \neq 0\) and the mean deviation of the observations \(\{k \alpha\}\), for \(k=1,2, \ldots \ldots, 50\) about its median is 50 , then \(|\alpha|=\)

  1. A 4
  2. B 3
  3. C 2
  4. D 5
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(A) 4

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Given observations \(=\{\mathrm{K} \alpha\}\) Here, \(\mathrm{K}=1,2,3, \ldots \ldots, 50\) \[ \therefore \quad\{\mathrm{K} \alpha\}=\{\alpha, 2 \alpha, 3 \alpha, \ldots . ., 50 \alpha\} \] Number of observations \(=50\) (Even)…