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Two high school classes took the same test. One class of 20 students made an average grade of 80%; the other class of 30 students made an average grade of 70%. The average grade for all students in both classes is:
  • A
    75%
  • B
    74%
  • C
    77%
  • D
    77%
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If $\bar{\text{x}}$ is the mean of n values of x, then $\sum\limits^{\text{M}}_{\text{i}=1}(\text{x}_\text{i}-\bar{\text{x}})$ is always equal to _______. If a has any value other than $\bar{\text{x}}$ then $\sum\limits^{\text{n}}_{\text{i}=1}(\text{x}_\text{i}-\bar{\text{x}})^2$ is _______ then $\sum(\text{x}_\text{i}-\text{a})^2$
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The mean and standard deviation of 20 observation are found to be 10 and 2 respectively. On rechecking, it was found that an observation 8 was incorrect. Calculate the correct mean and standard deviation in cases of it is replaced by 12 .
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The mean and standard deviation of 20 observation is found to be 10 and 2 respectively. On rechecking, it was found that observation 8 was incorrect. Calculate the correct mean and standard deviation in cases of the wrong items is omitted.
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The mean and standard deviation of a group of 100 observation were found to be 20 and 3 respectively. Later on it was found that three observations were incorrect, which were recorded as 21, 21 and 18. Find the mean and standard deviation if the incorrect observations are omitted.
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The mean and standard deviation of marks obtained by 50 students of a class in three subjects, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry are given below:

Subject Mathematics Physics Chemistry
Mean 42 32 40.9
Standard deviation 12 15 20

Which of these three subjects shows the highest variability in marks and which shows the lowest?

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Given that $\bar x $ is the mean and ${\sigma ^2}$ is the variance of n observations x1, x2, ..... xn Prove that the mean and variance of the observation ax1, ax2, .... axn are $a$$\bar x$ and a2${\sigma ^2}$ respectively $(a \ne 0)$
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The mean and standard deviation of six observation are 8 and 4 respectively. If each observation is multiplied by 3, find the new mean and new standard deviation of the resulting observations.
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The mean and variance of 7 observations are 8 and 16 respectively. If five of the observations are 2, 4, 10, 12, 14 find the remaining two observations.
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Directions: In the following questions, the Assertions (A) and Reason(s) (R) have been put forward. Read both the statements carefully and choose the correct alternative from the following:
Assertion (A) Consider the following data
xi 5 10 15 20 25
fi 7 4 6 3 5
Then, the mean deviation about the mean is 6.32.
Reason (R) Consider the following data.
xi 10 30 50 70 90
fi 4 24 28 16 8
Then, the mean deviation about the mean is 15.
  1. A is true, R is true; R is acorrect explanation of A.
  2. A is true, R is true; R is not a correct explanation of A.
  3. A is true; R is false
  4. A is false; R is true.
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Directions: In the following questions, the Assertions (A) and Reason(s) (R) have been put forward. Read both the statements carefully and choose the correct alternative from the following:
Assertion (A) The average marks of boys in a class is 52 and that of girls is 42. The average marks of boys and girls combined is 50. The percentage of boys in the class is 80%.
Reason (R) Mean marks scored by the students of a class is 53. The mean marks of the girls is 55 and the mean marks of the boys is 50. The percentage of girls in the class is 64%.
  1. A is true, R is true; R is acorrect explanation of A.
  2. A is true, R is true; R is not a correct explanation of A.
  3. A is true; R is false
  4. A is false; R is true.
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Directions: In the following questions, the Assertions (A) and Reason(s) (R) have been put forward. Read both the statements carefully and choose the correct alternative from the following:
Assertion (A) Tf the mean of n bservations 12, 22, 32, ..., n2 is $\frac{46\text{x}}{11},$ then nis equal to 11.
Reason (R) For two data sets each of size 5, the variances are given to be 4 and 5 and the corresponding means are given to be 2 and 4, respectively. The variance of combined data set is $\frac{11}{2}.$
  1. A is true, R is true; R is acorrect explanation of A.
  2. A is true, R is true; R is not a correct explanation of A.
  3. A is true; R is false
  4. A is false; R is true.
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Directions: In the following questions, the Assertions (A) and Reason(s) (R) have been put forward. Read both the statements carefully and choose the correct alternative from the following:
Assertion (A) If each of the observations x1, x2, ..., Xn is increased by a, where ais a negative or positive number, then the variance remains unchanged
Reason (R) Adding or subtracting a positive or negative number to (or from) each observation of a group does not affect the variance.
  1. A is true, R is true; R is acorrect explanation of A.
  2. A is true, R is true; R is not a correct explanation of A.
  3. A is true; R is false
  4. A is false; R is true.
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Directions: In the following questions, the Assertions (A) and Reason(s) (R) have been put forward. Read both the statements carefully and choose the correct alternative from the following:
Consider the following data
xi 6 10 14 18 24 28 30
fi 2 4 7 12 8 4 3
Assertion (A) The mean of the data is 19.
Reason (R) The variance of the data is 43.4.
  1. A is true, R is true; R is acorrect explanation of A.
  2. A is true, R is true; R is not a correct explanation of A.
  3. A is true; R is false
  4. A is false; R is true.
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