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In an experiment with 15 observations for \(x\), the following results were available \(\sum x^2=2830, \sum x=170\). One observation 20 was found to be wrong and was replaced by the correct value 30 . Then the corrected variance is

  1. A 78
  2. B 210
  3. C 225
  4. D 88
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(A) 78

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Given: \(\sum x=170\) and \(\sum x^2=2830\)
Corrected sum
\(\begin{aligned}
& \sum x=170-20+30=180 \\
& \sum x^2=2830-400+900=3330
\end{aligned}\)
\(\therefore \quad\) Corrected variance
\(\begin{aligned}
& =\left(\frac{\sum x^2}{n}\right)-\left(\frac{\sum x}{n}\right)^2 \\
& =\left(\frac{3330}{15}\right)-\left(\frac{180}{15}\right)^2 \\
& =222-144=78
\end{aligned}\)