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JEE Mains · Maths · STD 11 - 13. statistics

The mean and variance of seven observations are \(8\) and \(16\), respectively. If \(5\) of the observations are \(2, 4, 10, 12, 14,\) then the product of the remaining two observations is

  1. A \(40\)
  2. B \(45\)
  3. C \(49\)
  4. D \(48\)
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(D) \(48\)

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Let \(7\) observation be \({x_1},{x_2},{x_3},{x_4},{x_5},{x_6},{x_7}\) \(\bar x = 8 \Rightarrow \sum\limits_{i = 1}^7 {{x_i}} = 56\,\,\,\,\,\,.......\left( 1 \right)\) Also \({\sigma ^2} = 16\)…