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AP EAMCET · Maths · Statistics

The arithmetic mean of the observations \(10,8,5, a, b\) is 6 and their variance is 6.8 , then \(a b\) is equal to

  1. A \(6\)
  2. B \(4\)
  3. C \(3\)
  4. D \({12}\)
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(D) \({12}\)

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Given observations are \(10,8,5, a, b\). Arithmetic Mean, \(\begin{aligned} & \text { A.M. }=\frac{10+8+5+a+b}{5}=6 \\ & 23+a+b=30 \end{aligned}\) Here, \(\therefore \quad \sum\left(x_i-\bar{x}\right)^2=a^2+b^2+93-12(a+b)\) Variance,…