JEE Main 2016 — Statistics Question with Solution
JEE Main 2016 (10 Apr Online)
Question
The mean of observations is and their variance is . If three of the observations are ; then the value of the remaining two is :
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Correct answer
C
Step-by-step explanation
Now
Shifting of the origin to the equations will become
and
Solving them and again will get the or .
If or
If .
But by shifting the origin back to original position, we get
(or)
Hence, the values of the remaining two are .
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