The mean and variance of 20 observations are found to be 10 and 4, respectively. On rechecking, it was found that an observation 9 was incorrect and the correct observation was 11. Then the correct variance is:
- (A)4.02
- (B)3.98
- (C)4.01
- (D)3.99✓ Correct
Answer: (D)
Solution
The mean of over values gives , and variance gives , so . Replacing the wrong by the correct , the sum becomes and the sum of squares becomes . The corrected mean is , so the corrected variance is .
JEE Main · 2020 · 08 Jan 2020 · Shift 2 · Single correct option