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JEE Mains · Maths · STD 11 - 13. statistics

Let in a series of \(2 n\) observations, half of them are equal to \(a\) and remaining half are equal to \(-a.\) Also by adding a constant \(b\) in each of these observations, the mean and standard deviation of new set become \(5\) and \(20 ,\) respectively. Then the value of \(a^{2}+b^{2}\) is equal to ....... .

  1. A \(425\)
  2. B \(650\)
  3. C \(250\)
  4. D \(925\)
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(A) \(425\)

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Let observations are denoted by \(x _{i}\) for \(1 \leq i< 2 n\) \(\bar{x}=\frac{\sum x_{i}}{2 n}=\frac{(a+a+\ldots+a)-(a+a+\ldots+a)}{2 n}\) \(\Rightarrow \overline{ x }=0\) and…
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