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JEE Mains · Maths · STD 11 - 13. statistics

The mean of the numbers \(a, b, 8,5,10\) is \(6\) and their variance is \(6.8\). If \(M\) is the mean deviation of the numbers about the mean, then \(25\; M\) is equal to

  1. A \(60\)
  2. B \(55\)
  3. C \(50\)
  4. D \(75\)
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(A) \(60\)

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\(\sigma^{2}=\frac{\sum\limits_{i=1}^{5}\left(x_{i}-\bar{x}\right)^{2}}{n}\) Mean \(=6\) \(\frac{a+b+8+5+10}{5}=6\) \(a+b=7\) \(b=7-a\) \(6.8=\frac{(a-6)^{2}+(b-6)^{2}+(8-6)^{2}+(5-6)^{2}+(10-6)^{2}}{5}\) \(34=(a-6)^{2}+(7-a-6)^{2}+4+1+18\) \(a^{2}-7 a+12=0 \Rightarrow a=4\) or…