Let the Mean and Variance of five observations and , be 5 and 10 respectively. Then the Variance of the observations is
- (A)17
- (B)16.4
- (C)17.4
- (D)16✓ Correct
Answer: (D)
Solution
The mean condition gives , and the variance condition gives . Then , so and, with , . The observations are , so gives with mean . Their variance is , which equals .
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