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Consider a set of3nnumbers having variance4.In this set, the mean of first2nnumbers is6and the mean of the remainingnnumbers is3.A new set is constructed by adding1into each of the first2nnumbers, and subtracting1from each of the remainingnnumbers. If the variance of the new set isk,then9kis equal to ______.

Answer:
68.00
Solution:

Let, the number be a1, a2, a3,..., a2n, b1, b2, b3,..., bn.

Given, the mean of the first 2n numbers is 6 and that of the remaining n numbers is 3, then by using the formula for combined mean, we get, the mean of the complete set as μ=2n×6+n×32n+n=15n3n=5.

Also, the variance is defined as σ2=xi2n-μ2

4=ai2+bi23n-(5)2

ai2+bi23n=29

ai2+bi2=87n   ...i

Now, as per the given information, the distribution becomes

a1+1, a2+1, a3+1,..., a2n+1, b1-1, b2-1,..., bn-1

Thus, the new variance is

k=(ai+1)2+(bi-1)23n-12n+2n+3n-n3n2

k=ai2+2n+2ai+bi2+n-2bi3n-1632

k=ai2+bi2+3n+2ai-2bi3n-1632

On putting the given values and value from the equation i, 

k=87n+3n+2(12n)-2(3n)3n-1632

k=1083-1632

9k=3(108)-(16)2

9k=324-256=68.

Stream:JEESubject:MathematicsTopic:StatisticsSubtopic:Measures of Dispersion
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