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AP EAMCET · Maths · Statistics

The variance of 20 observations is 5 . If each one of the observations is multiplied by 2 , then the variance of the resulting observations is

  1. A 40
  2. B 80
  3. C 20
  4. D 10
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(C) 20

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Variance \(=5\) and \(n=20\) \(\because \quad\) Variance \(=5=\frac{1}{n} \Sigma(x i-\bar{x})^2\) \[ \Rightarrow \quad \Sigma(x i-\bar{x})^2=100...(1) \] Let after multiplication, the new observations be \(y_1, y_2 \ldots y_{20}\) Where \(y_i=2(x i)\) for some \(i\)...(2) New…