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TS EAMCET · Maths · Statistics

The variance of 50 observations is 7. If each observation is multiplied by 6 and then 5 is subtracted from it, then the variance of the new data is

  1. A 37
  2. B 42
  3. C 247
  4. D 252
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(D) 252

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Let the observations be x1, x2, x3,…,x50 and the mean be x¯.From the given data, Variance =7, the number of observations n=50. Variance =1n∑xi-x¯2 ⇒7=150∑xi-x¯2 ⇒350=∑xi-x¯2  ...1 Each observation is…