5 students of a class have an average height 150 cm and variance . A new student, whose height is 156 cm, joined them. The variance (in ) of the height of these six students is:
- (A)16
- (B)22
- (C)20✓ Correct
- (D)18
Answer: (C)
Solution
The five students give and, from variance , . Adding the sixth student of height makes , mean , and . The new variance is .
JEE Main · 2019 · 09 Jan 2019 · Shift 1 · Single correct option