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JEE Mains · Maths · STD 11 - 13. statistics

Suppose a class has \(7\) students. The average marks of these students in the mathematics examination is \(62\), and their variance is \(20\) . A student fails in the examination if \(he/she\) gets less than \(50\) marks, then in worst case, the number of students can fail is

  1. A \(5\)
  2. B \(3\)
  3. C \(4\)
  4. D \(0\)
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(D) \(0\)

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\(20=\frac{\sum\limits_{ i =1}^{7}\left| x _{ i }-62\right|^{2}}{7}\) \(\Rightarrow\left| x _{1}-62\right|^{2}+\left| x _{2}-62\right|^{2}+\ldots .+\left| x _{7}-62\right|^{2}=140\) \(If\) \(x _{1}=49\) \(|49-62|^{2}=169\) then,…