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JEE • MATHEMATICS • STATISTICS
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The mean and the standard deviation (s.d.) of 10 observations are 20 and 2 respectively. Each of these 10 observations is multiplied by and then reduced by where and If the new mean and new s.d. become half of their original values, then is equal to
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Correct option: D
-20
Option D (-20) is correct because it is the value of q that satisfies the given conditions for the new mean and standard deviation.
422
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Mean of 5 observations is 7 . If four of these observations are and one is missing then the variance of all the five observations is :
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Correct option: D
2
Option D (2) is correct. The variance is calculated after finding the missing observation using the given mean.
423
Easy
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The mean age of a combined group of men and women is 25 yr. If the mean age of the group of men is 26 yr and that of the group of women is 21 yr, then the percentage of men and women in the group are respectively
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Correct option: B
80, 20
Option B (80, 20) is correct because the percentages of men and women are calculated using the combined mean formula.
424
Easy
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The mean of 6 distinct observation is 6.5 and their variance is 10.25. if 4 out of 6 observations are 2, 4, 5 and 7, then the remaining two observations are
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Correct option: A
10, 11
Option A (10, 11) is correct because it satisfies both the mean and variance conditions given the other four observations.
425
Easy
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The median of the following items and 20 is
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Correct option: C
25
Option C (25) is correct because it is the middle value when the data is arranged in ascending order.
426
Medium
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The mean deviation about the median of the series of batsman in ten innings is
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Correct option: A
8.5
Option A (8.5) is correct because it is the mean deviation calculated about the median of the given series.
427
Easy
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The S.D. of the series is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it's the correct formula for the standard deviation of an arithmetic series.
428
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The geometric mean of the series , is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it represents the geometric mean of the given series.
429
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Analyzing
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If the standard deviation of 10 observations is 4 and that of another set of 10 observations is 3 and also is mean of all 's and is mean all 's and . Then standard deviation of observations is
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Correct option: B
3
Option B (3) is correct because the standard deviation of the difference of two sets of observations can be found using the given standard deviations and the sum of the product of deviations from the means.
430
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The average of the squares of the numbers is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it is the average of the squares of the numbers from 0 to n.
431
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Analyzing
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The mean and standard deviation of 50 observations are 15 and 2 respectively. It was found that one incorrect observation was taken such that the sum of correct and incorrect observations is 70. If the correct mean is 16, then the correct variance is equal to:
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Correct option: C
43
Option C (43) is correct because it represents the correct variance after adjusting for the incorrect observation and the correct mean.
432
Easy
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If of items are less than 10 and are more than 40 , then coefficient of quartile deviation is
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because the coefficient of quartile deviation is calculated as (Q3-Q1)/(Q3+Q1) = (40-10)/(40+10) = 3/5.
433
Easy
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The mean and variance of 7 observations are 8 and 16, respectively. If five observations are 2, 4, 10, 12, 14, then the absolute difference of the remaining two observations is
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Correct option: D
2
The correct answer is D (2) because it is the absolute difference between the two remaining observations, calculated using the given mean and variance.
434
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The mean deviation from mean of observations is
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because it represents the mean deviation from the mean of an arithmetic progression.
435
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The two lines of regression are and . The coefficient of correlation between and is
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Correct option: A
-0.82
Option A (9.6 m/h) is correct because the average speed is calculated using the harmonic mean of the given speeds.
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436
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The standard deviation of n observations is 2. If , then n is
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Correct option: C
Option C (5 or 20) is correct because these are the possible values of n that satisfy the given conditions for the standard deviation and sums.
437
Easy
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The mean of 18 observations is 7 and if in each observation 5 is added, then the new mean will be
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Correct option: B
12
Option B (12) is correct because adding a constant to each observation increases the mean by the same constant.
438
Easy
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The median of 19 observations of a group is 30. If two observations with values 8 and 32 are further included, then the median of the new group of 21 observations will be
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Correct option: B
30
Option B (30) is correct because adding two observations, one smaller and one larger than the median, does not change the position of the middle element in the ordered set.
439
Easy
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Understanding
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The mode of a set of observations , is
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Correct option: C
9
Option C (9) is correct because 9 appears most frequently in the given set of observations.
440
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Application
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The centre of mass of a rod of length ' ' whose density varies as the square of the distance from one end, will be at a distance
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Correct option: D
from this end
Option D, from this end, is correct because it is the calculated center of mass for a rod with density varying as the square of the distance from one end.
441
Easy
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Application
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The standard deviation of the numbers 31, 32, 33,…., 46, 47 is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it represents the standard deviation of the given series of consecutive integers.
442
Easy
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Application
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For a series, the value of mean deviation is 15 . The most likely value of its quartile deviation is
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Correct option: A
12.5
Option A (12.5) is correct because it is the most likely value of quartile deviation given the mean deviation is 15, using the relationship between MD, QD, and SD.
443
Medium
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Analyzing
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A data consists of observations:
then the standard deviation of this data is:
then the standard deviation of this data is:
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because the standard deviation is calculated using the given summations and the formula for variance.
444
Easy
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Application
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The two lines of regression are and and variance of is 9 . The standard deviation of series is
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Correct option: C
4
Option A ( or ) is correct because the mean of x and y series is found by solving the regression equations with the condition that the means are equal.
445
Medium
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Remembering
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The mean of discrete observations is given by
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it represents the formula for the mean of discrete observations.
446
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Application
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Combined mean of two series and , when is
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Correct option: C
170
Option D (170) is correct because the combined mean is calculated using the formula for combined mean.
447
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Understanding
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The arithmetic mean of first odd natural numbers is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the sum of the first n odd natural numbers is , and dividing by n gives the mean as n.
448
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If , then the standard derivation of is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because the standard deviation can be calculated using the given sums.
449
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A factory is operating in two shifts, day and night, with 70 and 30 workers respectively. If per day mean wage of the day shift workers is and per day mean wage of all the workers is , then per day mean wage of the night shift workers (in ) is :
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Correct option: C
74
Option C (74) is correct. The mean wage of the night shift workers is calculated using the weighted average formula.
450
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The mean of 100 items is 50 and their S.D. is 4 . the sum of all the items and also the sum of the squares of the items is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it correctly calculates the sum of the items and the sum of the squares of the items using the given mean and standard deviation.
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