MCQ
The mean and variance of $7$ observations are $8$ and $16$ respectively. If two observations are $6$ and $8 ,$ then the variance of the remaining $5$ observations is:
  • A
    $\frac{92}{5}$
  • B
    $\frac{134}{5}$
  • $\frac{536}{25}$
  • D
    $\frac{112}{5}$

Answer

Correct option: C.
$\frac{536}{25}$
c
Let $8,16, \mathrm{x}_{1}, \mathrm{x}_{2}, \mathrm{x}_{3}, \mathrm{x}_{4}, \mathrm{x}_{5}$ be the observations.

Now $\frac{x_{1}+x_{2}+\ldots+x_{5}+14}{7}=8....(i)$

$\Rightarrow \sum_{i=1}^{5} x_{i}=42$

Also $\frac{x_{1}^{2}+x_{2}^{2}+\ldots x_{5}^{2}+8^{2}+6^{2}}{7}-64=16$

$\Rightarrow \sum_{i=1}^{5} x_{i}^{2}=560-100=460....(ii)$

So variance of $x_{1}, x_{2}, \ldots, x_{5}$

$=\frac{460}{5}-\left(\frac{42}{5}\right)^{2}=\frac{2300-1764}{25}=\frac{536}{25}$

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