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JEE Mains · Maths · STD 11 - 13. statistics

If the variance of the first \(n\) natural numbers is \(10\) and the variance of the first m even natural numbers is \(16\), then \(m + n\) is equal to

  1. A \(16\)
  2. B \(18\)
  3. C \(24\)
  4. D \(22\)
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(B) \(18\)

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Variance of first 'n' natural numbers \(=\frac{\mathrm{n}^{2}-1}{12}=10\) \(\Rightarrow n=11\) and variance of first 'm' even natural numbers \(=4\left(\frac{\mathrm{m}^{2}-1}{12}\right) \Rightarrow \frac{\mathrm{m}^{2}-1}{3}=16 \Rightarrow \mathrm{m}=7\) \(m+n=18\)
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