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Mean of \(n\) observations \(x_{1}, x_{2}, \ldots, x_{n}\) is \(\bar{x}\). If an observation \(x_{q}\), is replaced by \(x_{q}^{\prime}\) then the new mean is

  1. A \(\bar{x}-x_{q}+x_{q}^{\prime}\)
  2. B \(\frac{(n-1) \bar{x}+x_{q}^{\prime}}{n}\)
  3. C \(\frac{(n-1) \bar{x}-x_{q}^{\prime}}{n}\)
  4. D \(\frac{n x-x_{q}+x_{q}^{\prime}}{n}\)
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(D) \(\frac{n x-x_{q}+x_{q}^{\prime}}{n}\)

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We have, \[ \bar{x}=\frac{x_{1}+x_{2}+\ldots+x_{q}+\ldots+x_{2}}{n} \] \(\Rightarrow \quad \Sigma x=n \bar{x}\) If \(x_{q}\), is replaced by \(x_{q}^{\prime}\), then new total will be \(\Sigma x'=\Sigma x-x_{4}-x_{4}^{\prime}\) New mean will be…