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JEE Mains · Maths · STD 11 - 13. statistics

The mean and variance of \(n\) observations are \(8\) and \(16\), respectively. If the sum of the first \((n-1)\) observations is \(48\) and the sum of squares of the first \((n-1)\) observations is \(496\), then the value of \(n\) is:

  1. A \(21\)
  2. B \(16\)
  3. C \(13\)
  4. D \(7\)
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(D) \(7\)

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Let the \(n\)-th observation be \(x_n\). Given mean \(\bar{x} = 8\), we have: \(\dfrac{\sum_{i=1}^{n-1} x_i + x_n}{n} = 8\) \(\dfrac{48 + x_n}{n} = 8 \Rightarrow x_n = 8n - 48\) Given variance \(\sigma^2 = 16\), we have:…
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