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In an experiment with 15 observations on \(x\), we have \(\sum x^2=2830, \sum x=170\). One observation that was 20 was found to be wrong and was replaced by the correct value 30 , then the corrected variance is

  1. A 177.33
  2. B 188.66
  3. C 80.33
  4. D 78
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(D) 78

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\(\text { Correct variance }=\frac{\sum x^2-20^2+30^2}{15}-\) \(\left(\frac{\sum x-20+30}{15}\right)^2 \)
\( =\frac{2830-400+90}{15}-\left(\frac{170-20+30}{15}\right)^2 \)
\( =222-144=78\)