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JEE Mains · Maths · STD 11 - 13. statistics

Mean of \(5\) observations is \(7.\) If four of these observations are \(6, 7, 8, 10\) and one is missing then the variance of all the five observations is

  1. A \(4\)
  2. B \(6\)
  3. C \(8\)
  4. D \(2\)
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(D) \(2\)

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Let \({5^{th}}\) observation be \(x\). Given mean \(=7\) \(\therefore 7 = \frac{{6 + 7 + 8 + 10 + x}}{5}\) \( \Rightarrow x = 4\) Now, Variance…
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