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Let X=xN : 1x17 and Y=ax+b : xX and a, bR, a>0. If mean and variance of elements of Y are 17 and 216 respectively then a+b is equal to

JEE Main 2020 (02 Sep Shift 1)

Options

  • A: 7
  • B: -7
  • C: -27
  • D: 9
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For the frequency distribution: Variate x:x1, x2, x3,,x15
Frequency f:f1, f2, f3,,f15 
where 0<x1<x2<x3<<x15=10 and i=115fi>0, the standard deviation cannot be

JEE Main 2020 (03 Sep Shift 1)

Options

  • A: 4
  • B: 1
  • C: 6
  • D: 2
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Let xi1i10 be ten observation of a random variable X. If i=110xi-p=3 and i=110xi-p2=9 where 0pR, then the standard deviation of these observations is:
 

JEE Main 2020 (03 Sep Shift 2)

Options

  • A: 45
  • B: 35
  • C: 910
  • D: 710
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Let the observation xi1i10 satisfy the equations  i=110xi-5=10, i=110xi-52=40 . If μ and λ are the mean and the variance of the observations, x1-3,x2-3,....,x10-3, then the ordered pair μ,λ is equal to:

JEE Main 2020 (09 Jan Shift 1)

Options

  • A: 3,3
  • B: 6,3
  • C: 6,6
  • D: 3,6
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If the variance of the following frequency distribution:

Class:         10-20        20-30        30-40
Frequency:   2                 x                         2
is 50, then x is equal to _______ 

JEE Main 2020 (04 Sep Shift 2)

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The first of the two samples in a group has 100 items with mean 15 and standard deviation 3. If the whole group has 250 items with mean 15.6 and standard deviation 13.44, then the standard deviation of the second sample is:

JEE Main 2021 (25 Jul Shift 2)

Options

  • A: 8
  • B: 6
  • C: 4
  • D: 5
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Let the mean and variance of the frequency distribution

x: x1=2 x2=6 x3=8 x4=9
f: 4 4 α β

be 6 and 6.8 respectively. If x3 is changed from 8 to 7, then the mean for the new data will be:

JEE Main 2021 (27 Jul Shift 2)

Options

  • A: 4
  • B: 5
  • C: 173
  • D: 163
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Consider a set of 3n numbers having variance 4. In this set, the mean of first 2n numbers is 6 and the mean of the remaining n numbers is 3. A new set is constructed by adding 1 into each of the first 2n numbers, and subtracting 1 from each of the remaining n numbers. If the variance of the new set is k, then 9k is equal to ______.

JEE Main 2021 (17 Mar Shift 2)

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Consider the following frequency distribution:

Class: 0-6 6-12 12-18 18-24 24-30
Frequency: a b 12 9 5

If mean =30922 and median =14, then the value (a-b)2 is equal to

JEE Main 2021 (22 Jul Shift 1)

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Consider the following frequency distribution :

class 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60
Frequency α 110 54 30 β

If the sum of all frequencies is 584 and median is 45, then |α-β| is equal to            .

JEE Main 2021 (25 Jul Shift 1)

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An online exam is attempted by 50 candidates out of which 20 are boys. The average marks obtained by boys is 12 with a variance 2. The variance of marks obtained by 30 girls is also 2. The average marks of all 50 candidates is 15. If μ is the average marks of girls and σ2 is the variance of marks of 50 candidates, then μ+σ2 is equal to

JEE Main 2021 (27 Aug Shift 2)

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Let the mean and the variance of 5 observations x1,x2,x3,x4,x5 be 245 and 19425 respectively. If the mean and variance of the first 4 observation are 72 and a respectively, then 4a+x5 is equal to

JEE Main 2022 (29 Jun Shift 1)

Options

  • A: 13
  • B: 15
  • C: 17
  • D: 18
Explaination

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The mean and standard deviation of 40 observations are 30 and 5 respectively. It was noticed that two of these observations 12 and 10 were wrongly recorded. If σ is the standard deviation of the data after omitting the two wrong observations from the data, then 38σ2 is equal to _______.

JEE Main 2022 (26 Jul Shift 2)

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Let μ  be the mean and σ be the standard deviation of the distribution

Xi 0 1 2 3 4 5
fi k+2 2k k2-1 k2-1 k2+1 k-3

where Σfi=62. If x denotes the greatest integer x, thenμ2 + σ2  is equal to

JEE Main 2023 (10 Apr Shift 2)

Options

  • A: 9
  • B: 8
  • C: 7
  • D: 6
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The mean and variance of 7 observations are 8 and 16 respectively. If one observation 14 is omitted, a and b are respectively mean and variance of remaining 6 observation, then a+3 b-5 is equal to ________

JEE Main 2023 (30 Jan Shift 1)

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If the mean of the following probability distribution of a random variable $\mathrm{X}$ : $\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline \mathrm{X} & 0 & 2 & 4 & 6 & 8 \\ \hline \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}) & a & 2 a & a+b & 2 b & 3 b \\ \hline \end{array}$ is $\frac{46}{9}$, then the variance of the distribution is

JEE Main 2024 (04 Apr Shift 2)

Options

  • A: $\frac{173}{27}$
  • B: $\frac{566}{81}$
  • C: $\frac{151}{27}$
  • D: $\frac{581}{81}$
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From a lot of 10 items, which include 3 defective items, a sample of 5 items is drawn at random. Let the random variable $\mathrm{X}$ denote the number of defective items in the sample. If the variance of $\mathrm{X}$ is $\sigma^2$, then $96 \sigma^2$ is equal to ______

JEE Main 2024 (05 Apr Shift 1)

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Let $\mathrm{a}, \mathrm{b}, \mathrm{c} \in \mathrm{N}$ and $\mathrm{a} < \mathrm{b} < \mathrm{c}$. Let the mean, the mean deviation about the mean and the variance of the 5 observations $9,25, \mathrm{a}, \mathrm{b}, \mathrm{c}$ be 18,4 and $\frac{136}{5}$, respectively. Then $2 \mathrm{a}+\mathrm{b}-\mathrm{c}$ is equal to__________

JEE Main 2024 (08 Apr Shift 2)

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The mean and standard deviation of 15 observations were found to be 12 and 3 respectively. On rechecking it was found that an observation was read as 10 in place of 12. If μ and σ2 denote the mean and variance of the correct observations respectively, then 15μ+μ2+σ2 is equal to _________.

JEE Main 2024 (27 Jan Shift 2)

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Let the median and the mean deviation about the median of 7 observation 170,125,230,190,210,a,b be 170 and 2057 respectively. Then the mean deviation about the mean of these 7 observations is:

JEE Main 2024 (01 Feb Shift 1)

Options

  • A: 31
  • B: 28
  • C: 30
  • D: 32
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